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Websites (Annotated)
Title: "Effective Discussion Leading"
Summary: Principles, Tools,
Strategies from Vanderbilt Univ. Center for Teaching
Link:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources
/gleanings/discussion.htm
Title: "Teaching as Testimony"
Summary: A look at "a
pedagogy of discomfort," which aims to get students reflecting on the emotional
underpinnings of the ideological assumptions they bring to the classroom
Link:
http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/sfonline
/ps/tougaw3.htm
Title: "Does One Size Fit All? Exploring Asynchronous
Learning in a Multicultural Environment"
Summary: Learning tools and a multicultural classroom
Link:
http://www.aln.org/publications
/jaln/v7n1/index.asp
Site Title: Critical Media Literacy in Times of War
Link:
http://www.tandl.vt.edu
/Foundations/mediaproject/
Title:
"Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High"
Summary: Excerpt and how to buy this book regarding the
facilitation of crucial/controversial discussions
Link:
http://www.leadershipnow.com
/leadershop/0194-6excerpt.html
Title: "Dealing with Morally Controversial Issues in
the Classroom"
Summary: An article that offers six
possible responses available to teachers when morally controversial issues arise
in the classroom
Link:
http://www.facultyshack.com
/article.php3?idnum=42
Title: "Controversial Issues in the Classroom"
Summary: This ERIC digest the use of classroom discussions as a
pedagogical technique to examine controversial issues
Link:
http://www.ericfacility.net/extra
/ericdigests/ed327453.html
Title:
"Handling Controversial Issues in the Classroom"
Summary: An overview
of a research project conducted to gain insight about the teaching of
controversial issues
Link:
www.countrysidefoundation.org.uk
/Controversial-Issues/wholecontroversial.htm
Title: “A Generation of Bureaucrats”
Summary: An opinion piece about the decline of dangerous
discussions in the classroom and why
Link: http://www.personal.umd.umich.edu
/~ppennock/doc-OrgMan.htm
Title: "Facilitating Difficult Discussions:
Processing the September 11 Attacks in Undergraduate Classrooms"
Summary: An abstract from the Society for the Psychological Study
of Social Issues regarding facilitating discussion regarding 9/11
Link:
http://www.asap-spssi.org/abstracts/taylor2.htm
Title:
"Barbara
Brown Taylor Interview Dangerous Dialogue"
Summary: An interview regarding the discussion of religion and
faith in the classroom
Link:
http://www.nts.edu/news
/bbtinterview.asp
Title:
"Resources for Instructors
Concerning Class Discussions About Affirmative Action"
Summary:
Describes
ways that instructors can discussions about affirmative action and other
controversial topics while maintaining a civil atmosphere
Link:
http://www.crlt.umich.edu
/publinks/affaction.html
Title:
"Personalizing Pedagogy - Different
Gifts for Teaching and Learning," by Tom Marino, of Temple University
Summary:
Students need to feel safe, secure, trusting within a course (classroom or
online) in order to express personal opinions, strong feelings, and work
collaboratively instead of competitively.
<<http://www.tltgroup.org
/PersonalizingPedagogy/Marino.htm>>
Title: "Personalizing Pedagogy"
Website
Summary: New technology offers new options for matching diverse
needs and gifts of teachers and learners.
<<http://www.tltgroup.org
/PersonalizingPedagogy/Home.htm>>
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Recorded Interviews &
Archives of Online Events
Interview with Deirdre Cobb-Roberts
Click
here! (Intro sample 2
minutes)
Click here!
(5 Questions - including
students' use of anonymous online discussion - 13 minutes)
Cobb-Roberts is Assistant Professor, Psychological and Social
Foundations of Education, U. of So. Florida
"Dealing with Dangerous Discussions Online and On Campus"
- March 2, 2004 4:30PM Eastern BCCOOC Online Event:
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