{"id":1615,"date":"2017-07-10T14:29:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T18:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/?page_id=1615"},"modified":"2021-01-08T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:45:17","slug":"challenging-classroom-conversations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/resources\/communication-and-conflict-management\/challenging-classroom-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Difficult campus and classroom conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThere is no house like the house of belonging.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014David Whyte, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The House of Belonging<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Conversations around hot topics can quickly escalate into heated arguments that impede learning, reflection, and dialogue. With preparation and thoughtful facilitation, however, conversations around controversial and sensitive issues can be transformative. The following resources are provided to help facilitators foster constructive conversations whether in the classroom or other campus settings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cft.vanderbilt.edu\/guides-sub-pages\/difficult-dialogues\/\">Difficult Dialogues<\/a>, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kaneb.nd.edu\/assets\/181616\/hotmomentshandoutcrlt.umich.edu.pdf\">Making the Most of &#8220;Hot Moments&#8221; in the Classroom<\/a>, University of Michigan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crlt.umich.edu\/publinks\/respondingtobias\">Guidelines for Discussing Incidents of Hate, Bias, and Discrimination<\/a>, University of Michigan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/teaching\/resources\/Teaching\/CourseDesign\/InstructionalStrategies\/HotMomentsClassroom.pdf\">Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom<\/a>, Harvard University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/diversity.humboldt.edu\/content\/challenging-conversations\">Challenging Conversations<\/a>, Humboldt State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.clarku.edu\/difficultdialogues\/learn\/index.cfm\">What is Dialogue?<\/a>, Clark University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere is no house like the house of belonging.\u201d \u2014David Whyte, The House of Belonging Conversations around hot topics can quickly escalate into heated arguments that impede learning, reflection, and dialogue. With preparation and thoughtful facilitation, however, conversations around controversial and sensitive issues can be transformative. The following resources are provided to help facilitators foster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9131,"featured_media":0,"parent":2052,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2058,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1615\/revisions\/2058"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ombuds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}