THE DELPHI TECHNIQUE
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This technique is a very unethical method of achieving
consensus on a controversial topic in group settings.
It requires well-trained professionals who deliberately
escalate tension among group members, pitting one faction
against the other, so as to make one viewpoint appear
ridiculous so the other becomes “sensible” whether such
is warranted or not.
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While proponents of education reform feel they are quite
justified in this, the effect of this unethical manipulation
of people is to create polarized camps. In an effort to
maintain the process, advocates have marketed a plethora
of publications (such as What’s Left After the Right, No
Right Turn and If You Don’t, They Will) intended to label,
castigate, and alienate anyone who does not go along with
them. As a result, parents come to understand that their
role in education reform is merely perfunctory; that the
outcome is preset, that they are not but the rah-rah team
so when opposition does arise, advocates of education reform
can say, “we had community input.”
HOW TO DISRUPT THE DELPHI TECHNIQUE
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