Teaching Controversial Issues
by Pat Clarke
For the past decade, one of the most popular workshops offered by the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has been one titled “Teaching Controversial Issues — Without Becoming Part of the Controversy.” The popularity of the workshop reflects a growing awareness of the need to teach social issues. Yet the motivation for teaching about such topics as environmental sustainability, limits to growth, animal rights or euthanasia is tempered by an understandable wariness of controversy. So while our workshop on teaching controversial issues is well subscribed, we know that many teachers avoid the pedagogical danger zone that social issues present.
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