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FLASHPOINTS Vignette - Controversial Topics

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A professor (White, female) asks students to share their final project plans. A Jewish student says he is going to focus on Israel as the ancestral homeland of the Jews. A Palestinian student challenges him and says that it is their land. A third student says that she is also Jewish but believes in Palestinian justice and doesn’t like the proposed project either. Discussion: What should faculty do when there are within-class frictions about controversial political topics? Should the conflict be responded to directly? Avoided? What is the role of faculty when there is conflict between students? Should faculty share their own feelings or attempt to remain “neutral”? How do we distinguish between “facts” and “opinions”? How should misinformation be challenge?

Source: Syracuse University Libraries (Syracuse University)

Author: FLASHPOINTS

Language: English

Topic: Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7009691559

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