Notes for Teachers: nuts and bolts

Instructional notes:

Phase 1: introduce topic - read a story, watch a film, discuss an incident
Further orient students by reviewing the facts in the case

Phase 2: synthesize facts into a case (freedom of speech issue? Social/economic issue?), ID conflicts between values

Phase 3: students now take positions, and support

Phase 4: explore positions – teacher takes confrontational role and tests students’ stances (Socratic role/method)

• Teacher asks where values are violated; asks students to prove desirable or undesirable consequences of actions; asks students to prioritize values – demonstrating lack of gross violation of secondary values.

Phase 5: refine and qualify positions – often flows naturally from Phase 4