Morning

1. Collaborative Project: How We Learn

2. Critical Thinking: Thinker Posters

Word Wars vs. Reasoning
One-Sided Reasoning vs. Fair Reasoning
Oversimple Reasoning vs. Thorough Reasoning
Hasty Reasoning vs. Careful Reasoning
Weak Reasoning vs. Strong Reasoning
Closed to Reason vs. Open to Reason
Extreme Choices vs. Reasonable Choices

3. Other Posters: What We See

Afternoon

4. Curricular Thread Activities: Doing the Real Thing

Activities for Younger Children: If I were Green....
Elementary: Form Sentences for Reflection
Conflict Resolution Skills
Negotiation
Mediation
Middle Grades: Oral History Interview
Secondary: Religious Traditions--Reconciliation and Forgiveness
Adults: Paulo Freire's Approach to Literacy and Second-Language Learning

5. Pedagogical Goals to achieve Communal Harmony

a. Develop in each student a strong, positive self-image.
b. Reduce competition; encourage cooperation.
c. Celebrate differences; become well-informed about them.
d. Create empathy and understanding by finding common ground.

6. Roundtable Discussion

a. Do feelings belong in the classroom?
b. Will information suffer if we focus on human issues?
c. Are we educating for exams or for life?