In a four-year study of classroom political discussions between 2005 and 2009, Diana Hess, dean of University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education, and Paula McAvoy, assistant professor of Social Studies Education at the North Carolina State University, set out to examine what students learned from classroom political discussions, and whether those experiences influenced their future civic engagement and behavior.
All of the teachers they studied had quite a bit of teaching experience, and the majority had degrees in history or political science. Out of this group, the researchers found 10 to 12 teachers they labeled “Best Practice teachers,” who conducted political discussions where students learned a lot and later showed indications of increased civic knowledge and engagement.
With abortion, I try to make the arguments as best I can. I divide it up: today is the pro-choice view, today is the pro-life view, and I get the strongest arguments I can. I think Don Marquis has a good secular pro-life argument, and some of my very good students picked up on that. . . . So [some students] in the end were giving a pro-life argument and it was very interesting and got a little heated. So that’s what I do: I make the best arguments that I can, and I actually enjoy it.
But in the 10 years he coached debate at a high school in Des Moines, Iowa, Wunn found the more he immersed himself in the team, the more he learned. Unlike wrestling matches, each academic debate was unique and brought new challenges—how to make a point, a counterpoint, how to support an argument—and Wunn found himself a more well-rounded thinker. His teaching practice improved, and so did his research skills.
The ‘news’ won’t allow honest conversations on controversial subjects either, unless someone is willing to risk their career.
Globally are children rank almost last in education and test scores. So the new agenda teachers union have remove test scores they're all racist. Also teach one-sided ideology& exploit kids for politics. Last teach kids to hate USA Identify everything by race, color, &gender.
I would say you do not have to be knowledgeable on the subject to be a facilitator. You have to instead TEACH listening, civility, and critical thinking.
Newspapers should be a part of learning in every school!!
Classrooms need to be political. Especially when teachers choose to teach children from oppressed groups.
Imagine this is a controversial take at an institution of higher learning🤣
Like trying to explain centrist to NPR, the % of productive outcome wouldn’t be beneficial?
.....a teacher as far to the left as possible. I got it now
Watching these post, we clearly demonstrate that one side is off its hinges and in tin foil land.
As long as the issues are liberal vs more liberal
I couldn't agree more, its extremely important to be able to test your veiws in real world situations. Much to that affect, heres my take on why youre right about the impeachment inquiry!
Intellectual honesty is a pathway to cancellation.
andibutler My son's 11th grade History teacher encouraged this in his classroom & was able to teach history Now he's Sr & gets invited back to the class anytime he is able This openminded teacher changed my son's learning experience Also kids do not know his political party or personal view
Great idea in theory, but too much potential in today’s world for massive headache from close minded parents. Would love to go back in time.
I would believe that two researchers should debate and not argue. But , I'm not going to read to find out if that is the case.
PC society, left liberalism, academia, teachers has indoctrinated students not to discuss controversial topics & only seek safe spaces if they are offended & distressed about topics seeping into their closed minds & damaged psyche. Do veggies have potential to increase anything?
Nobody wants to have honest conversations about controversial topics, least of all the people who tend to become school teachers.
According to my kids this is NOT allowed to happen in their classrooms. Teachers are clearly and repeatedly bashing Trump with no end in sight. If kids speak up they are dismissed, attacked and/or their grades affected by disagreement with their teachers and professors.
Of course NPR wants leftist feminist teachers (the vast majority) to CONTROL POLITICAL DISCUSSION in schools. The left has become infested with authoritarian Marxist statists.
We used to do this - Current Events provided mock election kits, including presidential elections. Teachers would probably get fired for doing that now, or at minimum some parent would pitch a fit.
'Indoctrinating children is easy'
'adult civic engagement'? All we've seen is childish gibberish that results in violence, whining and no substance.
This is a dark path leading to indoctrination. Teachers all have their opinions and there is no way to stop them from pushing those opinions onto their students.
Hmm, well if this is so then why are we faced with censorship? Huck Finn would be a good example of censored literature. The 'N' word is another example. Sure we can talk about controversial topics. Right.
It also floods their brains with concepts they aren't equipment to deal with.
Who are the thugs in academia who are seeking to silence political debate? They need to be dragged kicking and screaming from the ivory tower.
Hey HKorbey... pretty sure Wunn coached in Iowa City, Iowa for 10 years and not Des Moines. Just want to ensure the ethos NPR has in our community is not lost :)
This took a study?
Preparation, knowledge with a thick slice of patience & grace. If the discussion is not handled properly, things could go left...or right-winged. Tread carefully.
It would also help if Civics and History were taught in schools.
Drink your own perfect medicine to prevent asthma & cancer. Yes pee.
This is why i talk about politics in class and in every public setting possible, never shy away from a topic because you’re afraid of confrontation, you need to talk to people about what they believe in if you want to find out how to change them for the better. ForThePeople
'Political Discussions' and 'controversial topics' is really code for indoctrination of school kids. STOP with the brainwashing of school kids. That is truly child abuse. EndLeftistIdeology EndRightWingIdeology EndSchoolIndoctrination
How about getting rid of social studies in public schools and bringing back American Civics. And if anyone wants to study social studies it can be an elective.
… Especially when the only opinions effectively allowed are progressive.
This is great. I’m doing my MA thesis on using controversial issues in secondary science classrooms to drive scientific inquiry and investigation. The hope is that it promotes scientific literacy and increases student agency.
You mean good students won’t be purportedly shouted down by woke morons anymore? What a thought!!
And then there's the school board when the first parent complains....
Stick with the basics 👍 85% of adult Americans cannot recite the beginning words of the U.S. Constitution.
Im all for freedom of speech, but someone has to teach the people of this world that you cannot be dismissive of someone else’s opinion, berate them or put them down cause their opinion doesn’t align with yours. We need to learn to listen, see all sides and find common ground
So a 'well prepared & knowledgeable teacher' is no longer just a conduit for the dogma of intersectional orthodoxy then? Too bad we invested so heavily in letting such a poisonous & ineffective social theory metastasize so deeply into the curriculums of higher education.
As a student, I’ve always learned the most when there is a knowledgeable and unbiased teacher leading discussions about controversial topics. I think it’s important to help young people reach their own conclusions instead of teaching one opinion or side of the story.
And not leftist bias crazies which is most campuses
The key to everything is education and humility
Problem is that the Teachers’ organizations have almost fully indoctrinated teachers with a liberal agenda, where the Constitution and their founders are no longer embraced and America is hated based on SJW guidelines of 2019.
As someone who teaches college students--this can be really hard and leave you feeling like you have failed everyone. But we have to keep trying.
A knowledgeable teacher . . .a moderator, an arbiter . . . A mentor, in other words . . . someone who knows that of which they speak . . . and thus guides young people along a profitable path. It has always been so with 'good' education. Not new . . .
This used to happen in high school. Now, teachers are often so tied to teaching to the standardized tests, they can no longer engage in this. Reserved for higher ed now, which limits who gets it.
Everyone has had that class where some dumbass conservative goes on unstoppable rants directly pulled from Fox News.
just make sure the kids are unarmed first so u dont get shot when they disagree
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