An Associate Professor in the Practice in Writing, Assistant Professor of Sociology, and Honors Program Team Lead are all serving on an upcoming panel. What do they have in common? Experience embedding deliberation about difficult and contentious topics into their classrooms!
On Friday, September 27 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, Professors Jason Blum (Practice in Writing, Davidson), Yingling Liu (Sociology, North Central College), and Mindy Adnot (Team Lead, Instruction and Selection, UNC Charlotte) will be sharing their work as members of the Deliberative Pedagogy (DeeP) Collaborative. Through their participation in the Collaborative, these faculty members embedded more deliberation into their courses on Religion in the Public Square, Introduction to Sociology, and Labor, Leisure, Learning, and a Good Life, respectively. Graham Bullock, Faculty Director of the DCI, will also provide a brief overview of what contributes to a “deliberative classroom,” and participants will have an opportunity to think about how they might make one of their own courses more deliberative.
Over 60 faculty members from 25 different institutions have participated in the Collaborative, which enables professors from across the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences to work together on developing and implementing innovative ways to stimulate deeper discussions in their courses.
Are you a faculty member who is curious about how you might do something similar in your classroom? Or perhaps you already do, and are interested in picking up some new ideas? Then come join our Fall 2024 Deliberative Pedagogy (DeeP) Faculty Panel and Lunch, hosted by the Deliberative Citizenship Initiative. You can join either in-person in Studio D at the Davidson College Library or virtually. Lunch will be provided for all in-person participants, but seats are limited so sign up here today!
To learn more about the Deliberative Pedagogy Collaborative, the DCI’s Deliberation Across the Curriculum Program, and the upcoming panel, check out the attached flyer, this webpage, and these blog posts by faculty members who have participated in the Collaborative over the past two years.
We hope you can join us!
