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| Subject: Leftist nonsense: To confront the 2020 election cycle, we need emotional intelligence in schools Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:26 am | |
| In the history classes I teach, I begin with a digital dialogue called “What Gives Us Pause.” Before we begin formal instruction, I invite students to share with each other the social and political currents that worry them most, or make them most hopeful for the future. This dialogue unleashes a flood of student voices.
Every year, students name wars that tear nations apart, gentrification that disrupts the fabric of urban communities, environmental crises, and hate and prejudice. I expect them to talk about the most recent incidents of mass shootings and gun violence right here in Philadelphia. Very quickly, this bonds the classroom in ways that prepare us to support and hold each other accountable, and name patterns of behavior we witness -- in the news cycle, on social media, and in our own lived experiences -- as the year unfolds.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/teaching-politics-in-the-classroom-emotional-intelligence-20190825.html
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