The DCI is supporting the development of courses that incorporate deliberation on challenging but important issues. These courses include both writing courses and policy-related courses that incorporate opportunities for students to improve their skills in deliberation and practice engaging with one another on difficult topics.
In the spring of 2020, five Davidson courses, including three writing courses, piloted the incorporation of deliberation more directly into their syllabi. In 2021, the DCI launched the Deliberative Pedagogy (DeeP) Collaborative, a community of faculty members dedicated to learning about and utilizing innovative ways that foster productive deliberation in their courses. More information about DeeP can be found on the DCI’s Deliberation Across the Curriculum Program page.
Since 2021 a wide range of deliberative courses have been developed since the launch of the Collaborative — over 60 professors from 28 institutions have systematically embedded deliberation into at least one of their courses. Check out the blog posts that these faculty members have written about these courses on the DCI Blog listed below.
Finding a Soft Landing for Freshman Non-Biology Majors via Deliberative Pedagogy
Embedding Deliberation in a Human Rights Course at Guilford College
From Skeptic to Advocate: The Power of Deliberation in Economics Education
Adding Deliberation to a Dance Course on Critical Writing
Deliberative Roleplaying in a Course on American Political Thought
From Deer in the Headlights to Deliberation in the Environmental Studies Classroom
Cultivating Conversations: Enriching Preservice Teachers through Deliberative Practices
Taking Our Last Breath: Teaching a Deliberative Sociology Course at a Dying College
