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Responding to a summer of riots: Principles for teaching about sensitive issues in the history classroom

Becoming a History Teacher

Undoubtedly many senior and pastoral leaders up and down the country are appropriately preparing to address this summer of unrest, rioting and racism via assemblies and tutor times. So, teachers will need to face this contemporary experience of race and migration head on. Their job should be helped by the history curriculum itself.

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Is Classroom Discussion a Dying Art?

ED Surge

Students may also worry about harming their peers, especially during discussions about emotional or controversial topics, says Graham Bullock, an associate professor of political science at Davidson College in North Carolina. That could be a really dangerous proposition. They dont know how to speak up in class, he says.

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College Uncovered: DEI Backlash

The Hechinger Report

Even among supporters of diversity and inclusion, some progressive and independent academics concede that some elements of DEI could discourage discussion of controversial topics for fear of offending some students. So, Phillip, what goes through your head when we talk about this controversial topic? Hey, Phillip.