Curricula, Teaching, and Training Materials

A few teaching and training curricula have been openly posted for faculty to incorporate into their courses and to be used to help students learn to conduct civil discource conversations among students. 

A curriculum of eight lessons to teach how to engage in constructive dialogue; free to educators (scroll to the bottom of the page to review the outlines for the modules to be incorporated into university courses); a new version with six lessons will be available in May 2023. – University level

An open access resource designed by dialogue and deliberation experts, practitioners, and educators. It includes 50+ learning activities, each designed to intentionally develop collaborative discussion skills in areas of creativity, criticality, cultural responsiveness, and civic engagement. – All levels

A teaching approach for social sciences that encourages students to take on and argue for, alternately, both sides of a controversial issue and ultimately come up with a balanced opinion about that issue. – University level

Features individual lessons at various levels, but primarily university level and directed at college students.

  • Greater Good Science Center / University of California Berkeley

Presents a set of 14 skills and strategies that support positive dialogue, relationships, and understanding between groups or individuals including how to practice them, why they are important, and how organizations incorporate them into their work. – University level