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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/sensiclass\/e-modules\/constructivist-treatment-political-values-and-identities-educational-process\/note-teacher-regarding-teaching-sensitive-and-controversial-topics\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">A note for the teacher regarding teaching sensitive and controversial topics<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/sensiclass\/e-modules\/constructivist-treatment-political-values-and-identities-educational-process\/references-10\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">References<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\tIn all parts of this e-module (i.e. the topics of freedom, manipulation and misinterpretation of history), it is inevitable to open issues that might be considered sensitive and controversial. Hence, it is highly recommended to use politically correct and \u201cneutral\u201d inclusive language which is devoid of any kinds of unequal and unfair treatment of minority perspectives, freed from both auto- and hetero-stereotypes as well as ethnic, racial, religious or gender prejudices. All established issues and questions are opened to the pluralist principles of dialogue, negotiation, mediation and discussion including Rawlsian \u201coverlapping consensus\u201d and liberal notion of free and peaceful of the dialogue between competing worldviews. During the whole realization of the programme, these principles and methods are treated as necessary for maintaining the pluralist and safe environment of the community of enquiry:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tEstablish common and consensual principles of work in groups\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tImplement safe and obligatory rules of free, democratic and non-offending discussion\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tSetting the difference between \u201cexchange of views\u201d and \u201cpersonal attacks\u201d\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tIn the case of collision of ideas, the teacher is expected to argue and explain, not to criticize and evaluate\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tMake sure that students can identify with the group that they work in and that they can accept the rules and principles of role-playing games and simulations\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tAll members of the group can feel both freedom as well as responsibility for the common collective work and should take the sensitivity of the controversial topics into account\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tAll topics, arguments and examples should be discussed with respect to social, cultural, political, geographical contexts and differences\u00a0\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tAll the work should support and respect the principle of free proliferation of data, information, ideas and sources\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tAll arguments should be based on the free, relevant and responsible work with sources of knowledge and information\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tAll fake news, irrelevant sources and misinterpretation should be identified, analysed and rejected for the needs of free democratic debate\u00a0\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tThe particular needs and opinions of each student should be taken into consideration; hence, the teacher should flexibly and continuously change the activities, methods as well as approaches\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tAll members (teachers and students) are expected to use non-discriminatory language and ethical approaches in the discussion\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\tAll students should feel free not to take part in any phase of the project or to decide not to carry on in the project in the case that their worldview or personal mindset would not correspond with the essential principle of any of the employed activities (i.e. the teacher constantly takes care of their own and students\u2019 comfort and safety).\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The exercises are theoretically and more thoroughly analysed in: Kv\u011btina, J. (2022). The Pluralist Paradigm in the Czech Educational Process: Teaching about Collective Identities and Democracy in the Constructivist Educational Project. In. G\u00f3rak-Sosnowska, K., Markowska-Manista, U. Inclusive Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative studies of Teaching Ethnicity, Religion and Gender. Bloomsbury.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In all parts of this e-module (i.e. the topics of freedom, manipulation and misinterpretation of history), it is inevitable to open issues that might be considered sensitive and controversial. 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