Description
Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm
Libby Roderick
Universities should support students to wrestle meaningfully with issues of power, privilege and identity; however, numerous faculty report a tendency to avoid critical, but controversial, topics because they lack the confidence and skills to ensure productive classroom discussions. In this interactive workshop, participants will
- learn and practice a number of effective dialogue strategies;
- briefly examine the rights/responsibilities of academic freedom;
- discuss how engaging difficult dialogues differs in an online context;
- consider how to apply strategies in their own learning environments;
- be introduced to a wide range of additional resources to continue the work.