Building understanding and Global Citizenship through

dialogue.

Ian Jamison

Global Citizenshi

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Dialogue

Cultural / Religious Literacy

Schools in 26 Countries.Trained more than 3000 teachers in 19 countriesSupported more than 20,000 students in 3 yearsProvides resources in Arabic, Hebrew, Ukrainian,

Albanian, Italian, Spanish & FrenchMemoranda of Understanding with the Palestinian Authority, & the governments of the Philippines,

Italy & Kosovo.

Has facilitated nearly 1000 videoconferences.

Have developed a team of 10 facilitators around the world to cover all time zones.

Have refined our technical support provision to minimise technical difficulties using

videoconferencing technology.

Secure online community.

Currently over 15,000

students

Average visit is to 17 pages.

Online network supporting

3000 teachers.

Average visit is 15 minutes

Automatic & Human Moderation

Technology

Pedagogy

No religion25%

Christian 59%

Muslim5%

Other4%

Not stated7%

Religious Affiliation in the UK - 2011 Census.

Your classroom is diverse.

1.Student A: Share one short idea or answer.

2. Student B: listen without interrupting.

3.Student B: Share one short idea or answer.

4.Student A: listen without interrupting.

5.Keep going till time runs out!

“Sharing our ideas”

Ear

Heart

Eyes

Focussed Attention

I’m listening

carefully…

I’m waiting to get my point across – I have no idea what

he’s saying…

Look interested, get interested.

Involve yourself by responding

Stay on target

Test your understanding

Evaluate what you hear

Neutralize your feelings.

“Show respect to other people’s beliefs

and values”

What does that look like?

What does that feel like?

DialogueDebate

1 winner, 1 loser.

I marshal evidence to support my

point of view, and defeat you by the

power of my argument.

2 Winners

I learn from what you have to say, you learn from I have to say. We both learn, but may agree to

differ.

is different

from

1. 1 Person stands and is interviewed by the others

for 1 minute.

2. Interviewers must use open ended questions.

3. When time is up interviewers thank interviewee.

4. Next student stands – repeat until every has done.

“We’re all interviewees”

Response Question is

Better because…• You have to listen carefully.• Questions respond to what is being said. • Dialogue flows – it is not “stop and start”. • Dialogue can grow.

Remember Diversity

Intra-faith dialogue.

Many traditions within one faith

Use “I” statement

s

Helps to stop generalising

Reduces misunderstanding

No value judgements

The difference between:

I do this & it is important

I do this, and you should too...

Don’t fear silence

Students may need think time.

Use a structure to help them.

Dialogue ≠ Debate

Not “I beat you” but

We learn from each other.

Dr. Ian Jamison

ian.jamison@tonyblairfaithfoundation.org

@Face_to_Faith #face2faithwww.facetofaithonline.org

@TonyBlair_TBFFwww.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org