We brainstormed lots of ideas and then in groups we looked at the brainstorms and decided on the key ideas to put under each heading. These ideas were then presented to the rest of the class to see if they agreed. Once we all agreed we all signed the Dialogue Covenant to show we were committed to talking and listening to each other in the right way.
Below is what we came up with.
How Room
4 talks and listens to each other.
- Make it
safe for everyone to share ideas, thoughts, feelings, issues
- Make sure
people feels included so they want to contribute
- Don’t
discourage people
- Share
ideas without fear of being judged
- Speak with
respect
- Talk to
people in a nice and respectful way
- You get
what you give and give what you get
- Be honest
when you speak to others
- Listen to
understand
- Be still,
don’t fidget and use the correct body language
- Focus on
what people are saying to make it easier to understand
- Listen
without interrupting
- Listen
and don’t let other people distract you
- Don’t
talk while you’re listening to other people
- If you
have a question put your hand up
- Take time
to think
- Think
before you speak, particularly about how it might affect others
- Let other
people have time to think
- Remain
open to the ideas of others
- Let
people share their ideas and think if it would work
- Show you
are open by making eye contact
- Look to
combine other ideas and opinions
- Acknowledge
the contributions of others
- Praise
the ideas of others
- Give
positive feedback and don’t put them down
- Build on
the ideas of others
- Add to
ideas to make them better
- Edit
confusing statements to help the people understand the statement given (paraphrase)
- Promote
and support effective dialogue
- Say
things that help and support people’s ideas
- Use words
that are understandable
- Remind
each other
This is awesome, Kate's been showing us the way with talking and listening at home... Yeah right!
ReplyDeleteAndy (Tui) Fenton