Program
Before the workshop
Two small "assignments" you need to do ahead of time that will make our workshop more fruitful.
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8:30 Introductions
Who are you? Who am I? What are our motivations? What are our goals? What are the stakes?
Results of pre-workshop survey questions
Part 1: Motivated reasoning & cultural cognition
8:45 Think/Pair/Share:Why don't people agree about climate change?
9:00 Guided discussion on these topics:
Comparison with other geoscience fields (structure, petrology, hydrology)
Identity & cultural cognition
Dan Kahan's work
The Deficit Model
Framing
Shoot (for a good) Messenger
"What would it take to convince you otherwise?"
9:30 Think/Pair/Share: How can you apply the findings of this discussion to your teaching/outreach?
9:50 Bathroom + Coffee break
Part 2: Logical fallacies
10:00 Think/Pair/Share: How do people go about disagreeing about climate change?
10:15 Guided discussion. Topics:
Richard Feynman: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. The rest is basic honesty."
Chinese proverb: "The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names."
Identifying logical fallacies and responding to them.
Handout: Climate change fallacies handout (Acrobat (PDF) 67kB Jul19 17)
Putting facts in the appropriate context.
Is it always about logic? Climate change arguments on Skeptical Science
10:30 (With partners) Brainstorm, refine, and hone effective responses to common climate change denial arguments.
11:00 Overview of InTeGrate carbon module unit 1
11:15 Assign homework (!!!)
Don't worry; it's fun. And short.
11:20 Road Check Thursday
11:30 Adjourn for the day
Friday
8:30 Review of yesterday and feedback.
A first stab at a summary of conversational guidelines. Let's edit this together.
8:40 Review homework:
Video
Fallacies
Part 3: Storytelling
8:55 Think/pair/share: What makes for a memorable or compelling story? What role should stories play in our discussion?
Guided discussion. Topics:
"ABT":And... But... Therefore...
Narrative examples w/ climate change (Volk & "Dave" the carbon atom)
A role for analogies?
A role for media?
9:50 Bathroom + Coffee break
10:00 Part 4: The Carbon Cycle
Overview of InTeGrate carbon module units 2, 3, and 6
Guiding principle: Carbon on Earth is a finite quantity, but it moves between different parts of the Earth system.
The Suess effect
10:15 Example activity demo: Carbon cycle game (Unit 2)
10:30 Building your own plan to apply relevant insights from this workshop to your own teaching
11:15 Workshop evaluation
11:30 Adjourn