Teaching Social Justice By Experiencing Social Injustice

By: David J. Smith, October 6, 2014 A long line of educators including John Dewey and Maria Montessori have advanced the importance of experience as  being essential to learning.   I have found that making students uncomfortable and slightly disoriented can lead students to reconsider strongly held notions and opens the door for the possibility of new awareness.ContinueContinue reading “Teaching Social Justice By Experiencing Social Injustice”

Preparations Underway for Peacebuilding Community College Seminar in Maryland

Starting on Saturday, October 12 through Tuesday, October 15, 2013  community college faculty from across the U.S. with gather at Montgomery College in Germantown, Maryland to explore global issues of peace and conflict.   The program titled “Teaching About Global Conflict and Peacebuilding: A Seminar for Community College Faculty” is a joint effort of Montgomery CollegeContinueContinue reading “Preparations Underway for Peacebuilding Community College Seminar in Maryland”