Date: Sunday, August 10

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Session 066: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: How to Teach Social Change in the Classroom
Room: Wabash Room

Sponsors: Community, Research, and Practice
Teaching Social Problems

Organizers: Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Perri S. Leviss, Rhode Island College

Presider/Discussant: Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Description: 

This session considers a range of approaches for engaging students in active learning about social change, through capstone experiences, service-learning partnerships, use of historic maps, incorporation of open sources materials, and interactive dialogue.

Papers:

“A Matter of Social Justice: Developing, Improving, and Promoting Open Educational Resources,” Pattie Thomas, College of Southern Nevada

“Advocating for Social Change: Teaching Op-ed Writing in the Classroom,” Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda, Miami University

“Mapping Liberation,” Adriana Leela Bohm, Delaware County Community College

“Participatory Action and Community-based Research and Social Change: Examples from a Capstone Experience,” Chris R. Wellin, Illinois State University

“Prison Education through a Great Lakes Prism,” Xavier Perez, DePaul University and Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn

“Social Justice Advocacy with Community Partners,” Helen Rosenberg, University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Anne Statham, University of Southern Indiana

“Teaching Social Change by Uncovering Hidden Histories: Reflections on a Social Work Course Redesign,” Sasha K. Kindred and Finn McLafferty Bell, University of Michigan-Dearborn

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