A Course Arms Students with Facts in the Debate over Guns

Titel	A Course Arms Students with Facts in the Debate over Guns
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 53 (2007) 35, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Weapons; Safety Education; Civil Rights; College Students; Political Issues; Social Influences; Public Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weapon; Waffe; Sicherheitserziehung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Collegestudent; Politischer Faktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	This article describes a new syllabus offered at University of Toledo that focuses on guns and gun policy. The course provides students with learning opportunities on how to arm themselves with propaganda from both sides of the debate over how to apply the Second Amendment, the act that establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." At the start of the semester, each student is required to join a gun-policy association of his or her choice as a way to attach them to a community of people active in the debate. Students read and discuss research articles from scientific journals, book chapters, and papers presented at national conferences to understand how each side builds its argument. Throughout the course, politicians and pro- and anti-gun activists are invited to address the class. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10