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Students need tools to build skills.
Videos provide an introduction to two analytical tools:
Four Worlds (4W): Overview & Invitation — 5:04
The Equality Continuum: Analytical Tools for Critical Thinking — 3:11
— Analytical Toolbox — This powerpoint provides an overview of CALIS analytical tools that frame ethical dilemmas, policy options, equality & identity, ideological perspectives, and more…
Analytical Tools & Case Teaching — A special overview with examples of how simple frames support complex questions.
We learn more effectively with CONCEPTS in CONTEXT.
- The database provides analytical tools that enable students to manage greater depth and scope of complex issues.
- Each tool is a conceptual framework that shapes “the big picture” to effectively relate information and ideas.
- The social sciences examine complex questions about the human condition. When we engage in decision-making and problem-solving about these questions, analytical tools provide structure for rigor and flexibility for divergent thinking.
Teaching International Relations Program—TIRP outreach
special search tags for TIRP topics
IMPORTANT: This is a “working database” that supports outreach volunteers and teachers who collaborate with CALIS programs. We are in the continuous process of weeding, upgrading, updating, and restructuring to better serve a wider audience.
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