Heterodox Academy seeks to create environments where scholars and students can work together to transcend the limits of their thinking and discover truth. This resource guide explores some of the proactive strategies and mindsets that universities, professors, staff, and students can adopt to overcome entrenched orthodoxies and spark innovation.We hope these materials help you engage with this important topic and encourage you to share them with colleagues.
How to Create a Political Classroom – This instructional guide for teachers provides practical guidance on what a political classroom is and how to create and structure one.
Have Students Interview Someone They Disagree With – This activity promotes viewpoint diversity while simultaneously showing students they can be exposed to disagreement and difference without suffering.
Creating Connection to Generate Deep Discussion – This activity helps prepare students to take the interpersonal risks of sharing diverse viewpoints, admitting the limits of their own knowledge, and expressing genuine curiosity about the experiences and perspectives of others.
Dialectical Thinking Classroom Activity– This worksheet aims to help people learn how to use dialectical thinking to explore a range of controversial, political, or academic topics.
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