Fellows come from all over the university, bringing their particular passions and living out the public purpose of their discipline through teaching and researching in, with and for community.
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In the Center for Dialogue and Pluralism’s new community-engaged learning course, Practicing Pluralism, students develop skills and dispositions that support pluralism and aid in addressing complex challenges that impact society and our local community. This civic capacity is cultivated through critical dialogue, an approach through which students leverage their curiosity about themselves, the people around them and complicated issues like health, housing and food systems. Learning outcomes for this course include: understanding more about oneself, others and complex issues that affect society and our local community; applying dialogue skills when forming relationships across difference with peers and community members; analyzing complex issues and their impact on individuals, institutions and our local community; collaborating with fellow students and community members, using dialogue as a tool to generate and evaluate possible ways to address complex issues. Assignments, activities and community-engaged learning opportunities enable students to learn and practice dialogue skills (e.g., active listening, sharing personal narratives, strategic questioning) with peers and members of our local community, working together to build mutual understanding across differences in perspective, background and role. Combining academic material, individuals’ stories and experiential learning, this course leaves students with a more comprehensive understanding of complex issues and potential solutions.