...Shawna Shapiro; James Chase Sanchez This article examines the pedagogical response of English and writing faculty to a controversy that took place at their liberal arts college. Findings from faculty interviews highlight a number of ways that instructors might engage local controversies, in keeping...

...Ashlie K. Sponenberg This article examines the applicability of controversial course themes in the first-year writing classroom. It narrates examples of student resistance to readings and discussions that led to intellectual and personal discomfort, and then assesses the benefits (improved critical...

...erin Khuê Ninh This article shares tactics for teaching Blu’s Hanging as a text assigned because of its controversy, though not necessarily subsumed by it. The novel is presented so as to grapple with the stakes of ethnic/racial representation alongside careful textual analysis, using...

... that the polemical responses offered by Bloom's detractors validate his claims about the contradictory ways that openness, tolerance, and diversity are pursued in the university. Revisiting this controversy provides an opportunity for considering the ethics of the academic polemic. © 2009 by Duke University Press...

... human beings through imitatio Christi , the pedagogic integration of Christian faith and humanistic learning. Eschewing indoctrination and superficial biblical belief, we require students to engage controversial theoretical perspectives and difficult life questions, resulting in the freedom for self...

...Christopher Hanlon This article contends that the pedagogical discourse of “integrative learning” fails to promote cross-disciplinary learning on university campuses, taking as a case study a recent controversy over the proposed renaming of a university dormitory named after famed anti-abolitionist...

...Bunkong Tuon In this article, the author discusses his experiences teaching a class on the Vietnam War, a controversial subject that divided a nation along generational, class, and racial lines. He argues that learning takes place in the encounter of differences — where students consider...

...Kristopher M. Lotier The two primary US political parties are increasingly polarizing along affective dimensions. To increase students’ engagement with controversial texts and conversations, the author theorizes a novel method of critical pedagogy: performed contradictoriness. By emphasizing...

...Jen McDaneld Using a classroom experience teaching Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing alongside a contemporary controversy over racial identity, this article explores the value of literary study for intervening in student attitudes toward core curriculum requirements. The author argues...

... that students are quite engaged by the contemporary news and by writing about contemporary controversies that affect them, especially in this increasingly polarized nation. College teachers can help students inform themselves about these controversies, armed with good evidence, empathy, and, ideally, passion...

..., and Controversiality .” Rhetoric Review 13 , no. 1 : 92 – 107 . Peeples Timothy Rosinski Paula Strickland Michael . 2007 . “ Chronos and Kairos, Strategies and Tactics: The Case of Constructing Elon University’s Professional Writing and Rhetoric Concentration .” Composition Studies 35...

... in the course to write a series of short papers based on their reading of texts that include scholarly articles and the Sunday New York Times. I usually include a didactic and controversial film, bell hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation. In the film, hooks critiques the media, capitalism, white...

.... Arguing Differently Barry M. Kroll When I chose “Arguing Diff erently” as the title for a fi rst-year seminar I off ered recently, I thought it suggested—rather nicely, to my mind—that the focus would be on alternative approaches to arguing about controversial issues. Because students could...

... nicely, to my mind that the focus would be on alternative approaches to arguing about controversial issues. Because students could choose a seminar from a slate of off erings, I hoped my course would attract a group that was willing, perhaps even eager, to pursue something fresh and challenging. I did...

... in Critical Controversy, edited by Graff and 246 Pedagogy Benton Conflicts over Conflicts 247 James Phelan (1995a).2 Once they got the hang of it, though, they ripped into the critics and each other with shocking viciousness. Years of sitting in a classroom and listening to a confident lecturer had not turned...

... in Critical Controversy, edited by Graff and 246 Pedagogy Benton Conflicts over Conflicts 247 James Phelan (1995a).2 Once they got the hang of it, though, they ripped into the critics and each other with shocking viciousness. Years of sitting in a classroom and listening to a confident lecturer had not turned...

... in Critical Controversy, edited by Graff and 246 Pedagogy Benton Conflicts over Conflicts 247 James Phelan (1995a).2 Once they got the hang of it, though, they ripped into the critics and each other with shocking viciousness. Years of sitting in a classroom and listening to a confident lecturer had not turned...

... in Critical Controversy, edited by Graff and 246 Pedagogy Benton Conflicts over Conflicts 247 James Phelan (1995a).2 Once they got the hang of it, though, they ripped into the critics and each other with shocking viciousness. Years of sitting in a classroom and listening to a confident lecturer had not turned...

... in Critical Controversy, edited by Graff and 246 Pedagogy Benton Conflicts over Conflicts 247 James Phelan (1995a).2 Once they got the hang of it, though, they ripped into the critics and each other with shocking viciousness. Years of sitting in a classroom and listening to a confident lecturer had not turned...

... in Critical Controversy, edited by Graff and 246 Pedagogy Benton Conflicts over Conflicts 247 James Phelan (1995a).2 Once they got the hang of it, though, they ripped into the critics and each other with shocking viciousness. Years of sitting in a classroom and listening to a confident lecturer had not turned...