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.
How to Deepen Classroom Discussion? Hear Ideas from Four Deliberative Pedagogy (DeeP) Collaborative Members
Deepening Class Discussion: This Year’s DeeP Collaborative Orientation Workshop
How Do We Deliberate in the Arts?
Talking Religion and Politics: How Deliberation Can Help Students Navigate Difficult Conversations
The Fusion of Nuclear Technologies and Policy in a First-Year Writing Course
Deliberating About Ethics with Gen Z
From Imperialism to Civil Rights: Debating and Discussing American History in HIS 142
Catalyzing Pollution Solutions: Deliberation in a Polymer Chemistry Course
