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Preventing Polarization with Michelle Blanchet & Brian Deters The Authority Podcast 39
Michelle Blanchet and Brian Deters are our guests on this episode, discussing their timely book Preventing Polarization: 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Responsibility, and Political Responsibility.
Ross, Michelle and Brian discuss:
● “Social-emotional learning meets civic engagement” and how to teach it when even SEL is viewed as polarizing
● The meaning of empathy and how it fosters a productive dialogue
● Can we have empathy and still call out destructive attitudes?
● How to equip students with strategies to question their world and their roles in it
● Embrace Complexity…
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