Table Of Contents
Introduction
Who We Are
Ground Rules
Faculty Intensive, Day One
Tales from the Trenches
Technique: Tales from the Trenches
Academic Freedom
Essay - Academic Freedom: A Basic Guide (James Liszka)
Case Study - Language
Case Study - Art
Case Study - Politics
Establishing Discussion Rules
Establishing Discussion Rules
Technique - Code of Conduct
Essay - Creating Classroom Norms (Sharon Araji)
At Stake: Faculty Performance
Essay - Contrapower Harrassment on Campus: Incidence, Consequences, Implications (Claudia Lampman)
Safety
Technique - Basic Self Defense
Technique - Situationally Appropriate Response
Essay - Recognizing and Responding to Disruptive Students (Bruce Schultz)
Pausing for Reflection
Pausing for Reflection
Technique - Silence
Technique - Quick Writing
Balancing Safety and Risk
Essay - What Instructors Can Do to Safely Facilitate Controversial Discussion (Bettina Kipp)
Difficult Dialogue - Meeting Learner Expectations
Technique - Critical Incident Questionnaire
Difficult Dialogue Meeting Learner Expectations
Start Talking - Questions for Discussion
Start Talking - Questions for Discussion
Rhetoric, Debate
Faculty Development, Day Two
Faculty Intensive, Day Two
Speaking the Language
Speaking the Language
Rhetorical Questions
Exercise - Question Yourself
Technique - Questions and Categories
Essay - Rhetoric and the Method of Democracy (Kerri Morris)
Rhetorical Purposes
Essay - Approaching Argument: Different Voices, Different Perspectives (Marilyn Barry)
Technique - Five Ways to Look at It
Debate
Essay - Debate as a Pedagogical Tool (Steven Johnson)
Technique - Classroom Debate
Sample Assignment - Public Policy debate
Essay - The Power to Choose (Bogdan Hoanca)
Combining Elements - The Justice Talking Format
Technique - Radio Program
Essay: Composing Controversy - Moving from Dialogue to Debate with a Justice Talking Radio Program
Case Study - Science Today (Jacqueline Cason)
Case Study - Grammatical Correctness: Die-Hard Standards v. Bleeding Heart Revisionists (Kerri Morri
Difficult Dialogue
Difficult Dialogue - Majorities and Minorities
Start Talking
Start Talking - Questions for Discussion
Race, Class, Culture
Faculty Development, Day Three
Speaking the Language, Day Three
Identity
Technique - Identity Groups
Privilege
Essay - White Privilege (Libby Roderick)
Technique - Encircled Circle
Culture
Essay - Using The Tortilla Curtain to Teach About Privilege (Nelta Edwards)
Sample Discussion of The Tortilla Curtain (Betty Buchan)
Technique - Using a Book to Explore Cultural Difference
Circle of Objects
Technique - Circle of Objects
Essay - Encouraging Cultural and Socioeconomic Sensitivity (Maureen Austin)
Essay - Using the Circle of Objects to Teach about Place (Paul Ongtooguk)
Essay - Coming to Terms with the Circle of Objects: Resistance and Transformation (Tracey Burke)
Voicing Minority Views
Technique - Hatful of Quotes
Exercise - Quotes from our Hat
Essay - Using Quotes to Affirm and Challenge: Effective Teaching Strategy and Discussion Builder (De
The Five Minute Rule
Technique - Five Minute Rule
Exercise - Believe This (Niqsaq and Napaaqtuq)
Essay - The Five Minute Rule (Kerri Morris)
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Essay - Culturally Responsive Teaching (Libby Roderick)
Difficult Dialogue - Fitting Everything In
Difficult Dialogue - Fitting Everything In
Start Talking - Questions For Discussion, Day Three
Start Talking - Questions For Discussion, Day Three
Science, Religion
Faculty Development, Day Four
Faculty Intensive, Day 4
Starting the Conversation, Day Four
Starting the Conversation, Day Four
Technique - Role Playing
Technique - Using a Book to Explore Religion and Politics
Essay - Using The Handmaid’s Tale in a Social Science Seminar on Gender (Claudia Lampman)
Essay - Responding to a Class Crisis (Joy Mapaye)
Technique: Cocktail Party
Staying in the Conversation
Essay - Theological Arguments for Staying in the Conversation (Greg Kimura)
Framing the Conversation
Technique - Panel Discussion and Dialogue
Essay - An Evolutionary Tale Transforming an Attitude (Leslie Cornick)
Essay - Laying the Groundwork for an Appreciation of Science (Travis Rector)
Technique - Class Research Project
Essay - Owning up to the Discipline An Approach to Dealing with Religion and Politics in the Literat
Technique - Reframing the Discussion
Difficult Dialogue - Native Ways of Knowing
Difficult Dialogue - Native Ways of Knowing
Start Talking - Questions for Discussion, Day Four
Start Talking - Questions for Discussion, Day Four
Business, Politics, Social Justice
Faculty Intensive, Days 5-365
Faculty Intensive, Days 5-365
Business
Dialogue - Using Film to Spark a Community Discussion: Lessons Learned (Bogdan Hoanca and Tracy Stew
Technique - Film
Essay - Emerging Controversies in Business and Technology (Bogdan Hoanca)
Politics
Letter to the Editor, Northern Light (John Roberson III)
Editorial Response (Aaron Burkhart)
Faculty Response - Free Speech, Academic Responsibility, and Politics in the Classroom (Daniel Kline
Essay: Fostering Understanding through Faculty/Student Dialogue (Patricia Jenkins)
Technique: Student/Faculty Forum
Essay - You are Free to Reject My Advice (Paola Banchero)
Essay - Making our Classrooms Safe for Ideas (Patricia Jenkins)
Social Justice
Technique - Shared Writing
Essay - A Grain of Sand in Alaska (Virginia Juettner and Diane Erickson)
Essay - Controversies in Criminal Justice (Ronald Everett and Sharon Chamard)
Speaking the Language, Day 5
Speaking the Language, Day 5
Difficult Dialogue - Learning from Experience
Difficult Dialogue - Learning from Experience
Start Talking Day 5 - Questions For Discussion
Start Talking Day 5 - Questions For Discussion
Faculty Intensive - Outcomes
Faculty Intensive - Outcomes
The Faculty Intensive Model
Primary Objective - Faculty Development (Claudia Lampman)
Changing the Way We Teach
Essay - APU’s Fab Five: Collaboration, Community, Change (Tracy Stewart and Maureen Austin)
Essay - The Confidence to Have Difficult Dialogues (Nelta Edwards)
Technique - Talking Circle
Essay - Hey - It Works! Now How Do I Stop It? (Deborah Periman)
Student Outcomes
Secondary Objective - Student Outcomes (Claudia Lampman)
Essay - Transforming Students (Leslie Cornick)
Technique - Reflective Writing (Journals)
Overall Outcomes
Overall Outcomes
Start Talking Outcomes - Questions For Discussion
Start Talking Outcomes - Questions For Discussion
Keep Talking
Faculty Intensive - The One We Didn't Choose
Faculty Intensive - The One We Didn’t Choose
Integration of Academic and Alaska Native Cultures
Technique - Modular Debate
Alaska's Native Peoples - A Call To Understanding
Alaska’s Native Peoples - A Call To Understanding
Lessons Learned/New Beginnings
Lessons Learned/New Beginnings
Epilogue
Epilogue
References
List of Contributors
List of Techniques