Tug-Of-War

The Tug Of War routine helps learners to:

• understand the complex forced that 'tug' at either side of a fairness dilemma
• reason carefully about the 'pull' of various factors
• appreciate the deeper complexity of fairness situations that can appear black and white on the surface

Here are some examples of how this routine can be used across the curriculum:

• English: identifying genre (see video left), debating, dilemma in a novel (see image below)
• Science: (see video below)

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