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DIALOGUE VS. DEBATE <br />Dialogue = Collaborative <br />Working toward common understanding <br />Goal: Finding common ground <br />Listen to understand, find meaning and seek <br />solutions <br />Expands and possibly changes points of view <br />Open to other interpretations <br />Causes introspection <br />Remains open minded; doesn’t need to be the <br />sole creator of the answer <br />Defer judgement <br />Debate = Oppositional <br />Attempting to prove each other wrong <br />Goal: Winning <br />Listens to find flaws and to counter the <br />arguments <br />Affirms your own point of view <br />Defends assumptions as truth <br />Causes critique <br />Accepts only one right answer. Zero sum <br />game <br />Judge