Yale Center for Teaching and Learning

ATW: Difficult Conversations in the Classroom (Politics)

Audience 

Graduate & Professional Students, Postdoctoral Fellows

Event Time 

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location of Event: 

ATW: Difficult Conversations in the Classroom (Politics)

Event Description 

Who speaks in the classroom? Who wields the power in a classroom? Whose voices are heard? This session will examine both the internal political conflicts of classroom climate along with what to do when external political beliefs find their way into the classroom space. We will help participants reflect on how they conceptualize their own role as instructor when it comes to the disclosure of political beliefs and how the dynamics of politics in the classroom affect both classroom climate and the individual students involved. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Krontiris (elizabeth.krontiris@yale.edu) or Zachary Smith (zachary.smith@yale.edu). Consider participating in our other Advanced Teaching Workshops on “difficult conversations in the classroom.”