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.
The Texas Legislature as a Deliberative Body: An Integrative Learning Approach
A Rubric for Taking-it-to-the-Streets
Connecting the Abstract and the Practical: Deliberation in a Metaphysics Course
Hot-Button Issues in Three Acts: Promoting Deliberation in a Social and Political Philosophy Course
“What does the Bible Say?” Deliberating Across Difference in a Course on the Bible and Modern Moral Issues
The Political Classroom in Practice: Roleplaying Deliberations in a Political Ecology Course
Conversations about Cases: Integrating Deliberation into a Public Health Ethics Seminar
A “Fair and Balanced” Approach to Deliberation in a Philosophical Ethics Course
