210 - Teaching Workshop. Navigating Difficult Dialogues about Current Events in the Classroom and on Campus

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Description

This workshop provides general guidance as well as specific strategies for encouraging thoughtful and productive discussions of current events. Particular attention will be given to discussions of race and campus racism and LGBTQI+ identities and concerns. We also will present some guiding principles to shape classroom and campus conversations as well as techniques for regrouping when a discussion “goes off the rails.”

Sub Unit

• Teaching Workshop

Session Organizer

• Jeanne Flavin, Fordham University

Leader

• Jeanne Flavin, Fordham University

Co-Leader

• Shirley A. Jackson, Portland State University