Engaged Teaching Modules
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CIVIC LIFE
Among the goals of General Education at Penn State is to prepare our students to be active citizens. General Education courses can help to promote this objective by including modules in their courses that address specific aspects of civic engagement such as the goal of sustainability.
Constitution Day at Penn State
To assist faculty who might want to incorporate such a module into their syllabus we have gathered a range of helpful resources, including a history of Constitution Day,
OTHER MODULES
Earth Day
Faculty teaching a range of General Education courses might consider implementing a module on Earth Day as a way to build a sustainability engagement component in to their class.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Faculty teaching a range of General Education courses might consider implementing a module on MLK Day as a way to build a justice & rights engagement component in to their class.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Public Writing Initiative
Civic Life
The Public Writing Initiative (PWI) is a project of Penn State Learning that works to bring students from Composition, Creative, Technical, Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences writing courses into contact with community organizers and professionals who use writing on a daily basis. The goal of the PWI is to highlight for Penn State students the importance of writing across the curriculum in all fields, and disciplines.
National Issues Forum
Civic Life
Formal training and practices in dialog and deliberation can be a productive vehicle for student engagement and learning. Students can practice a whole range of skills need for civic participation, such as critical listening, discussion moderation, and issue framing, while also engaging with content material. The National Issues Forum website provides issue guides for instructors to use in the classrooms, along with resources that teach formal deliberation.