Iraq War Debate - 2002/2004

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/wariniraqdiscussion.html

The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) at the University of Michigan offers the following guidelines to help faculty and graduate student instructors deal with class discussions of the war in Iraq: Issues to consider before discussing the war; suggestions for classes in which the topic of war come up unexpectedly; suggestions for instructors planning and leading discussions about the war.

Teaching by Discussion

http://www.psu.edu/celt/newsletter/ID_Dec92.html

Frequently Asked Questions about Discussion

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eteaching/faqdisc.html

Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom

http://bokcenter.fas.harvard.edu/docs/hotmoments.html

Sometimes things seem to explode in the classroom, and what do we do then? Knowing strategies for turning difficult encounters into learning opportunities enables us to address important, but hot, topics -- religion, politics, race, class, gender -- in our classroom discussions.