Part 2: Teaching in Trump’s America Val Day-Day-Sanchez In the second part to this series I address the 3 important things you need to discuss with your classes before having a classroom discussion about social justice issues.
Part 7: Teaching in Trump’s America Val Day-Day-Sanchez How to Teach in Trump’s America [Bringing up Race, Immigration, Sexuality and everything else in Higher Ed] 7 COGNITIVE DISSONANCE LEADS TO LEARNING Cognitive dissonance and push back from students means they are listening, so keep going. The ...
Part 8: Teaching in Trump’s America Val Day-Day-Sanchez Don’t fall into this trap, if you want to teach about such issues do your own research. Students regardless of their ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or gender should be treated as all other students, not guest lecturers. They should be able ...
Part 6: Teaching in Trump’s America Val Day-Day-Sanchez The importance of maintaining a balance between discussions and writing assessments when introducing controversial topics.