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Roosevelt University in Chicago is now offering a controversial new course that explores the significance of the Occupy movement in America.
According to a media release from the school, the course will explore the movement and the “political-economic order it is challenging.”
Professor Jeffrey Edwards teaches the course for the university. He said it is an opportunity for students to look at social movements through the lens of the occupy crowd. “It’s an important and notable phenomenon,” he said.
Here at Riverside Brookfield High School, social studies teacher Jan Goldberg says students naturally gravitate toward controversial topics.
“They love controversial subjects. They love a good argument. They love it when the class turns to a real debate,” Goldberg said. She said the trick is to make sure students learn to disagree without making things personal.
Goldberg also said she never shies away from controversial current events.
“I mean, everything is controversial. If you think about it. … Everything has more than one side. Even the Constitution is controversial,” she said.
Goldberg said most students get their news from the Internet, or are directed to the Internet when friends recommend interesting stories.
As for the Occupy movement, Goldberg has been giving students news clippings and editorials that present both sides of the argument. Each year, she also gives the students a self-administered test to help them determine whether they are conservative or liberal leaning.
“Year after year, it seems like the bulk of the class is in the moderate range,” she said.
Roosevelt University in Chicago is now offering a controversial new course that explores the significance of the Occupy movement in America.
According to a media release from the school, the course will explore the movement and the “political-economic order it is challenging.”
Professor Jeffrey Edwards teaches the course for the university. He said it is an opportunity for students to look at social movements through the lens of the occupy crowd. “It’s an important and notable phenomenon,” he said.
Here at Riverside Brookfield High School, social studies teacher Jan Goldberg says students naturally gravitate toward controversial topics.
“They love controversial subjects. They love a good argument. They love it when the class turns to a real debate,” Goldberg said. She said the trick is to make sure students learn to disagree without making things personal.
Goldberg also said she never shies away from controversial current events.
“I mean, everything is controversial. If you think about it. … Everything has more than one side. Even the Constitution is controversial,” she said.
Goldberg said most students get their news from the Internet, or are directed to the Internet when friends recommend interesting stories.
As for the Occupy movement, Goldberg has been giving students news clippings and editorials that present both sides of the argument. Each year, she also gives the students a self-administered test to help them determine whether they are conservative or liberal leaning.
“Year after year, it seems like the bulk of the class is in the moderate range,” she said.
