Anchorage universities publish handbook to help teachers engage controversial issues in the classroom
by Kathleen McCoy |
"Start Talking" handbook created from participation in national Difficult Dialogues initiative
Two Anchorage universities have recently published a book based on their experiences
as members of the Ford Foundation's national Difficult Dialogues initiative. Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education is the result of a unique partnership between UAA and Alaska Pacific University.
Start Talking presents a model for a week-long faculty development intensive, plus strategies for engaging controversial topics in the classroom and reflections from 35 faculty and staff members who field-tested the techniques. It addresses themes of academic freedom; classroom safety; rhetoric and debate; race, class and culture; science and religion; and business, politics and social justice. Full of essays, case studies and classroom techniques, it serves as a field manual for professors who wish to strengthen their teaching and engage their students more effectively in conversations about the most important issues of our time.
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