Faculty members with wide range of backgrounds and expertise have participated in the DCI’s Deliberative Pedagogy (DeeP) Collaborative, and this diversity was highlighted in our recent DeeP Faculty Panel and Lunch. Professors who have embedded deliberation on difficult topics in courses on contemporary economic issues, sports communication, the philosophy of love and sex, and race on film all shared their deliberative pedagogy approaches and discussed both their successes and where they want to continue to improve in the future.
On Thursday, March 20 from 11:05 am to 12:15 pm, Professors Maggie McCarthy (German Studies, Davidson College), Rebecca Alt (Communications, Lenoir-Rhyne College), Rebecca Harrison (Philosophy, Vassar College), and Shyam Gouri Suresh (Economics, Davidson College) shared their work as members of the Deliberative Pedagogy (DeeP) Collaborative. Over 60 faculty members from 18 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.
Nearly 40 people (22 online and 15 in-person) attended the panel and were able to ask questions of the panelists about their courses. You can watch the video below of the panel discussion moderated by Professor Graham Bullock, Faculty Director of the DCI. 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.
You can start with these blog posts by the four faculty members who participated in this panel discussion:
Deliberative Discussions in Class “Bridge the Gap between Film and Reality”
Maggie McCarthy, Davidson College
From Skeptic to Advocate: The Power of Deliberation in Economics Education
Shyam Gouri Suresh
From “Small Group Discussions” to Micro-Deliberations: Transforming Everyday Student-Centered Discussion
Rebecca Harrison, Vassar College
Tackling Difficult Conversations in the Classroom: Sport as a Barrier-Breaker
Rebecca Alt, Lenoir-Rhyne University
