Perspective Skills
Ability to learn from diverse perspectives and integrate insights into reflective sense-making and action.
Dimension Thinking — Understanding Our Complex World
For me
- What does my lesson look like from the perspective of the quietest child?
- What story am I telling myself about my class – and does it still hold?
For my class
- How would this story sound if another character told it?
- What might someone think whose life is completely different from yours?
In the classroom
- Retell texts or historical events from the viewpoint of a minor character.
- Opinion line: position yourself in the room on a statement and talk with someone at the other end.
Subject links
Language arts · History & geography · Foreign languages · Ethics & citizenship
Mini-exercise · 5 minutes
Change chairs
Discuss a topic in pairs. After two minutes swap places – and carry on from the other person's position.
Open the “Perspective Skills” card