Controversial Topics Teaching Tradition 
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Reading logs are a controversial topic. One of the biggest complaints I hear about traditional reading logs is that it takes the joy out of reading when you are forced to keep track of what you are reading. Amy Tobener-Talley teaches ELA, ELD, and Digital Technology at a dual-immersion language school in Sonoma County.
ED Surge
MARCH 30, 2023
Though I usually use this space to offer answers to teaching advice questions from professors, I wanted to try something different. I remember my childhood as a time of mutual exploration, where you encouraged us to discuss any manner of potentially controversial topics. Let’s continue this tradition.”
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Sapiens
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Does someone teach them to start conversations like this? As I listen in a little closer, I realize they’re debating everyone’s favorite controversial topic: headdresses worn by white people. Making fresh corn tamales is part of the author’s family traditions. Mind if we chat for a bit?” the woman asks me.
Psych Learning Curve
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The new PhD (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Many doctoral students will not go on to tenure-track professorships, so why should they devote their grad school years to producing a traditional dissertation mainly of value inside academe? Is there a way to teach students who don’t naturally think aloud in their heads to do this?
Pedagogy and Formation
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Above: My parents performing in a community concert As well, as traditional Christmas carols like "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" and "Silent Night" they would sing popular music that usually had a strong sense of story. Sharing family anecdotes & stories that enrich children's knowledge of the past (BUT avoid controversial topics!).
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Free speech is tied to academic freedom — the autonomy to teach and research ideas without the consequence of retaliation. Colleges defend professors’ rights to pursue controversial topics of discussion such as climate change, police brutality, charter schools and pornography.
Geogramblings
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Increasing the self-knowledge, esteem and confidence of our young people builds resilience and skill in tackling controversial topics and issues, as detailed earlier by Chowdhury.* The word ‘respect’ appears many times throughout this chapter and used extensively by Chowdury when talking about tackling controversial issues.*
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