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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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As faculty members in the Ivan Allen College, we frequently address topics in the classroom that are controversial and even contentious. While students can benefit from engaging in controversial topics there are also many risks and potential pitfalls in these pedagogical situations. While so much of our research and teaching involves engaging with difficult questions and topics, we don’t always have opportunities to discuss these experiences and how to manage them. This roundtable workshop is designed to open up dialogues about teaching controversial topics in our current moment. It will include opportunities for junior faculty to share ideas with faculty who have had significant experience teaching such controversial topics as race, climate change, sexuality, red and blue politics, etc.The workshop will focus on the following:
The workshop is designed as an opportunity for junior faculty to network with junior and senior colleagues from across the Ivan Allen College. The Provost’s Teaching and Learning Fellows within the Ivan Allen College, and the Center for Teaching and Learning are organizing this workshop for Teaching and Learning. All faculty, postdocs, fellows and graduate students engaged in teaching are welcome to attend.
Below is a list of the event iternary:
Opening welcome/introduction of speakers:
Roundtable participant comments:
Open Discussion/Response
Closing/Respondent: IAC Dean Jackie Royster
Sign up at: http://ctl.gatech.edu/controversial-topics.
