3. Democracy Across the Disciplines: Design Your Course for Democracy
If a liberal arts education should prepare our students to participate in a meaningful way in democracy, what does that mean for how we design our courses across disciplines? In this paper, I first address the question: who should teach democratic skills? Using an upper-level course in Canadian poli...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Collected essays on learning and teaching 2011-06, Vol.2, p.15 |
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Zusammenfassung: | If a liberal arts education should prepare our students to participate in a meaningful way in democracy, what does that mean for how we design our courses across disciplines? In this paper, I first address the question: who should teach democratic skills? Using an upper-level course in Canadian politics, I then illustrate how to explicitly integrate democratic skills and attitudes into course design through learning objectives, classroom activities, assignments, and grading techniques. Finally, I argue that these practices can and should be adapted to other disciplines. |
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ISSN: | 2368-4526 2368-4526 |
DOI: | 10.22329/celt.v2i0.3197 |