Pre+Conference+Readings

We anticipate that several of the learning exchange facilitators will want to post readings before the conference. This page will house those readings.

**GENERAL READINGS - FOR EVERYONE **
(This paper emerged from the June 2007 gathering which started TDI.)
 * [|TDI's Framing Paper]**

(A report that summarizes the first several years of DDC research.)

(An essay that describes key developments in the growth of deliberative democracy.)

(This is a list of books that will be available for purchase at the conference.)

**READINGS FOR LEARNING EXCHANGES (sorted alpha by session name)**


 * Beyond the Timid University**

(NCDD's Engagement Streams Framework) (Beginning With the End in Mind article) (The Public Health Agency of Canada's Draft Public Involvement Framework)
 * Choosing, Combining, and Adapting Deliberation Models and Methods**

[|Memo to President Obama about Achievement Gap]
 * Close the Gap! (achievement gap)**


 * Democracy matters: Faculty roles and rewards for engaged scholarship**


 * Democracy and Participation in the Global South**

Link to [|Public Conversations Project] Link to [|Cultural Cognition Project] article on culture and deliberation (see Section III) Link to //[|Political Communication & Deliberation]// (with instruction resources)
 * Democracy, Values, and Cultural Worldview**


 * Embedding Deliberative Practices: Updating the Legal Frameworks**


 * Funding and Fostering Democracy**


 * High Impact Learning Structures

Higher Education and the Future of Democratic Civic Engagement

How Can Federal Agencies Support Local Democracy?  **[|CARE_Final_Evaluation_Report_May_2009[1.pdf]]


 * Making the Case for This Work**


 * Neighborhood Democracy**


 * New Frontiers for Assessment and Measurement**

See lots of materials from the [|Philadelphia Tight Times, Tough Choices]
 * Participatory Budgeting in Local Government**
 * [|Additional blogs and reports here]

See material from [|City of Menlo Park] on budgeting

Political Theory or Practice

Student Democratic Leadership Education

Teaching Democracy in Public Administration Schools**


 * Teaching Teachers: Deliberative Democracy in Education Programs**
 * [[file:deliberative democracy and teacher educaiton.pdf]]

Tech-Savvy Citizenry** Brad wrote a quick recap of our session here: [|Social Media In The Service of Civic Engagement] I [|tagged a number of articles at my blog] that might be useful to take a look at -- [|Brad Rourke] For sure [|read this blog post about the session itself]


 * The Kind of Scholarship We Need

This just in: The future of journalism in 21st Century democracy Here is a [|list of websites related to the topic] of this session.

Using Democratic Strategies in the Classroom**

Classroom supplemental resource, see [|Choices Program]

**READINGS FOR BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLES (sorted alpha by session name)**


 * Friday Morning

Putting It All Together: How Can We Get From Here to the Democracy We Need** Brainstorm session on Theme One of Conference [|Taking_the_Work_to_Rebuild_Our_Democracy_Seriously_3-5[1.doc]]


 * OTHER READINGS **





PolicyWorld [|slides (pdf)] and [|proposal (pdf)]. PolicyWorld is a educational video game that teaches students how to develop policy positions based on evidence.