Seminar session: How to turn polarisation into learning opportunities (with Maarten Van Alstein)

Date
29/11/2023
11:30 - 12:30

How do you turn polarisation into learning opportunities? How do you start a constructive dialogue on a controversial topic?

As a teacher or educator, how do you respond to statements that radically contradict a scientific consensus? How do you turn polarisation into learning opportunities? And in what ways can you open a constructive dialogue on a controversial topic like climate? In this session during the Seminar “Climate education in higher education”, researcher Maarten Van Alstein maps out why climate is a controversial topic. Conceptual frameworks on polarisation and conflict transformation and practical action diagrams will be used to open the dialogue. More information can be found here.