Divisive Concepts in Classrooms: A Call to Inquiry

Autor/in	Stitzlein, Sarah M.
Titel	Divisive Concepts in Classrooms: A Call to Inquiry
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 41 (2022) 6, S.595-612 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stitzlein, Sarah M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-022-09842-8
Schlagwörter	Controversial Issues (Course Content); Inquiry; Consciousness Raising; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Educational Legislation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Bewusstseinsbildung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz
Abstract	In this article, I will begin by describing recent divisive concepts legislation, which bans teaching about aspects of racism, sexism, and equity, speculating briefly on the motivations behind it and the implications resulting from it. I will then describe how discussing divisive concepts in classrooms may be a helpful way for students to better understand the particular concepts and for students to take a stand on them. While I will briefly argue for the importance of classroom discussion of divisive concepts, my central claim will be that we must do more than merely discuss these concepts. Instead, we should engage in classroom inquiry about them. Inquiry positions students to not be silent regarding divisive concepts, as some legislation may cause, and inquiry positions students to not just talk about divisive concepts, but to solve social problems related to them in our world today. In other words, inquiry enables us to do something about divisive concepts, rather than just learning about them, as some educators currently advocate in calls for discussion. And inquiry is certainly more effective than banning divisive concepts or pushing them to the background, as recent legislation attempts to do. I argue that rather than excluding divisive concepts or the divisions they may provoke from our classrooms, we need educative spaces where we inquire into what divides us, why we are divided, and how we might respond to such division. Within that inquiry, we can better attend to our divisions while also taking up the specific concepts prohibited in recent legislation. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01