Dialogue
Subtitle: turning controversy into community : a curriculum for secondary schools
By: by Rachel A. Poliner & Jeffrey Benson.
Contributors: Benson, Jeffrey.
Edition: Field test version.
Publisher: Educators for Social Responsibility
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Conflict management -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Communication -- Study and teaching (Secondary); High schools -- Curricula
Other titles: Dialogue, turning controversy into community.
Description: This curriculum paints a portrait of nonadversial dialogue through the story of Centerville, a fictional town caught in a controversy over whether or not to mandate school uniforms. The story that unfolds provides a rich case study in how to resolve public, as well as interpersonal, conflict.
Notes: "Helping students communicate through dialogue rather than debate, in preparation for building stronger communities in our diverse world"--Cover.