Show Notes
Beth and Tenisha talk with Terri Desai, Political Science Faculty at #GCCAZ, about ways to handle difficult conversations in the classroom.
- Socratic Method
- Socratic Method in the Classroom
- Rutgers
- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Difficult Conversations by Stone, Patton, and Heen
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
- Jonathan Van Ness Over the Top
Great podcast! Terri is right when she mentions that so many students survive on sound-bites to form their opinions. This produces shallow and uninformed views. I appreciated Terri's suggestions for the classroom. I also wanted to highlight GCC's "Critical Dialogues" series which happens every Spring. This past February Terri and I were both able to be on the panel with guests from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Alliance for Defending Freedom. Our topic was "Religious Freedom and Civil Rights: Balancing Competing Claims in the Courts and the Public Square" and we examined the definition and boundaries of religious expression in light of the expanding rights for gay marriage as propounded by the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges. Terri--and all the speakers--modeled what it is to have a civil conversation on a controversial issue.
ReplyDeleteFor those interested, the entire event was recorded by GCC and put on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkKI1aO8flw
Thanks for sharing, Richard. We’ll look for the next panel this spring.
ReplyDeleteThank you Richard! I'm happy to read that you enjoyed the podcast and that you are engaging in Difficult Conversations on the GCC campus in a civil way. Thank you for sharing the information and the link.
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I've seen some fantastic socratic seminars at the elementary level. We can expect more of all students.
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