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Respecting Opposing Viewpoints through Debate and Discussion of Controversial Public Health Issues: A Double-Blinded Active Learning Design
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Gunn, Laura H.; Ghosh, Subhanwita; ter Horst, Enrique; Markossian, Talar W.; Molina, German – College Teaching, 2022
In a polarized society, it is a university's responsibility to offer courses that explore highly controversial issues. Traditional forms of debate may create barriers to knowledge and entrenchment of perspectives, with students self-limiting their ability to develop informed opinions. We describe an active learning, double-blinded approach to…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Debate, Discussion, Public Health