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Thursday, October 10 • 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Learning to Disagree (L2D)

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How can teachers navigate radical views of students increasingly influenced by social media, where extremist ideologies and alternative facts often go unchecked or not properly debated? This session helps educators develop meaningful ways for students to discuss and debate controversial issues and sensitive topics in the classroom—and enable them to deal constructively with tension and disagreement in their daily life.

Speakers
avatar for Ágnes Vajda

Ágnes Vajda

National Director, AFS Hungary
Ágnes Vajda is the National Director of AFS Hungary Intercultural Programs Foundation. She has over 20 years of experience managing and overseeing a wide range of bi-national and multilateral scholarship and exchange programs and other international education projects. She has led... Read More →
avatar for Zsolt István Vódli

Zsolt István Vódli

Teacher, Member of the National Board, AFS Hungary
Zsolt István Vódli is a teacher of history, he holds an MA in History, Hungarian Language and Literature, Media Studies and English Language and Literature.Growing up in a multicultural environment, where different nationalities such as Hungarians, Serbs, Croats, Jews and Romas... Read More →


Thursday October 10, 2019 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room Cartier II Centre Mont-Royal