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This module will explore how to answer difficult questions in health education. It is not possible, or even desirable to provide value-free education. However, as a teacher, your goal is to distinguish between:
- Relatively UNIVERSAL values: shared by most families, or specifically written into law or policy, which the teacher is, in fact, expected to teach), and
- PERSONAL Values : those the community is not in agreement on, and which the teacher should think carefully about before expressing their personal opinion or belief).
Key Outcomes:
1. Consider using an activity to build empathy within the classroom.
2. Use of a protocol to support the teacher in answering a variety of fact-based, universal or personal questions in the classroom.-
Examining three potential types of questions that a teacher might receive from a student in the classroom include:
- Personal Questions:
- Fact-Based:
- Value-based:
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Review this document to learn how you may answer difficult, especially value-based questions in the classroom.
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This brief presentation describes ab activity teachers might use to show a range of beliefs in their classroom.
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This quiz is a review of the Answering Difficult Questions Protocol
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Practice Makes Perfect!
Consider your most dreaded or embarrassing question coming from a student. Write it down. Then, use the steps of the Protocol to answer it.
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1. How can identifying the type of questions help guide your response to a question?
2. What are three strategies identified in the Advocates for Youth presentation that can help you more effectively answer questions.
3. How can you build empathy and demonstrate a range of beliefs?
4. Chose a difficult question that you have received from a student. Describe how you could reply using the answering difficult questions graphic organizer.