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Button, Patrick; Collins, LaPorchia A.; Denteh, Augustine; García-Pérez, Mónica; Harrell, Ben; Isaac, Elliott; Ziedan, Engy – Journal of Economic Education, 2021
Most courses are taught almost exclusively using lecture and, despite gaps in textbook coverage of empirical economics, do not incorporate academic readings. The authors of this article present a "jigsaw literature review" cooperative learning activity to address these shortfalls. The jigsaw guides students through formulating a position…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Literature Reviews, Journal Articles
Connor, Thomas – James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 2019
In 2017, the North Carolina legislature passed House Bill 527 (now State Law 2017-196) in order to foster free, open inquiry in the state's colleges and universities. One of the provisions ordered the University of North Carolina (UNC) system Board of Governors to produce an annual report on two major categories of intellectual freedom: free…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Universities, College Faculty, College Students
Van Tassel, Kristin; Jorsch, Thomas F. – Liberal Education, 2018
Faculty at Bethany College, Kansas found that when engaging with controversial topics like social justice, students needed lower-stakes spaces to think--and history and writing, together, provided these needed spaces. When taught in combination, these two subject areas prompted engagement and self-reflection, and the interdisciplinary synergy…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Writing Assignments, College Faculty