265: Growth Discourse: A Framework for Discussing Hard Topics with Students

About this episode

The episode discusses the growth discourse framework for addressing difficult topics in the classroom with insights from SEGL founder Noah Bopp.

We're living in a time when having a difference of opinion is a potential minefield of hurt feelings, emotional outbursts, and severed relationships. If this has caused you to avoid certain topics in your classroom, the growth discourse framework used by the School of Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL) may offer a way to re-engage in these conversations. In this episode, I talk with SEGL founder Noah Bopp about how the growth discourse model works and how teachers can get started using it. ___________________________ Thanks to foundry10 and SchoolAI for sponsoring the episode. To read a full transcript of this conversation and find links to the growth discourse guidelines and the sample lesson plan we talked about in the episode, visit cultofpedagogy.com/growth-discourse . To learn more about Grammar Gap Fillers , visit cultofpedagogy.com/grammar .

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Gonzalez

Guest: Noah Bopp

Topics covered

• growth discourse
• classroom discussions
• hard topics
• emotional intelligence
• teacher strategies

Keywords

• growth discourse
• classroom
• difficult conversations
• teaching strategies
• emotional outbursts

Sponsors

foundry10, SchoolAI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: School of Ethics and Global Leadership

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