SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting

Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 100: Teaching Social Problems in Time of Polarization
Room: Drummond Centre

Sponsor: Teaching Social Problems

Organizers: Perri S. Leviss, Rhode Island College
Katie Founds, Independent Scholar
Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda, Miami University
Morena Tartari, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Presider &

Discussant: Pedrom Nasiri, University of Calgary

Description: 

This session presents examples of different pedagogies and models that teachers are using to provide deep learning for both K-12 and college students in today's polarized and contentious educational environment. From the passage of legislation banning books to limiting the topics that are allowed to be discussed in the classroom, teachers today face significant challenges both in how and what they can teach. This session provides important learnings that attendees can apply to their own classroom environments.

Papers:

“Using the Social Order-social Justice Framework to Enhance Constructive Dialogue,” Monnica Gavin, Clark State College

“Racism Evasiveness and Racism Consciousness in the Curriculum: How We Talk and Teach about Racism and Why It Matters,” Wade P. Smith, Eastern Illinois University

“Crip Pedagogies as Anti-violent, Anti-carceral Practices in the College Classroom,” Siobhan Marie Pokorney, The Graduate Center, CUNY

“‘Controversial’ Content in K-12 Schools: The Intersection of Federal and State Policy and Its Bearing on Local Implementation,” Jane Rochmes and Linda M. Waldron, Christopher Newport University and Carlie Carter, College of William and Mary