Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaffer, Timothy J., 1982- Editor.

Longo, Nicholas V., 1974- Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy and education--United States.

Democracy and education.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.

Communication in higher education--United States.

Communication in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.) ill

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2023.

Summary:

"Published in Association with AAC outline some of the many ways in which educators and institutions are using dialogue and deliberation in curricular, co-curricular, and community spaces, including venues such as student centers, academic libraries, and residence halls.All of the chapters, including a Resource Section, provide readers with a starting point for conceptualizing and implementing their own deliberation and dialogue initiatives. This book, intended for all educators who are concerned about democracy, imparts the power and impact of public talk, offers the insights and experiences of leading practitioners, and provides the grounding to adopt or adapt the models in their own settings to create educative spaces and experiences that are humanizing, authentic, and productive. It is an important resource for campus leaders, student affairs practitioners, librarians, and centers of institutional diversity, community engagement, teaching excellence and service-learning, as well as faculty, particularly those in the fields of communication studies, education, and political science"--

Contents:

Introduction. Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education

Nicholas V. Longo and Timothy J. Shaffer 1. Discussing Democracy. Learning to Talk Together

Nicholas V. Longo and Timothy J. Shaffer Part One. Concepts and Theories 2. Readiness for Discussing Democracy in Supercharged Political Times

Nancy Thomas 3. Deliberative Civic Engagement. Toward a Public Politics in Higher Education

Derek W.M. Barker 4. Cultivating Dialogue and Deliberation Through Speech, Silence, and Synthesis

Sara A. Mehltretter Drury Part Two. Methods of Dialogue and Deliberation 5. Creating Cultures of Dialogue in Higher Education. Stories and Lessons from Essential Partners

John Sarrouf and Katie Hyten 6. Building Capacity in Communities. Everyday Democracy's Dialogue to Change Approach

Martha L. McCoy and Sandy Heierbacher 7. Sustained Dialogue Campus Network

Elizabeth Wuerz, Rhonda Fitzgerald, Michaela Grenier, and Ottavia Lezzi 8. Educational Justice Using Intergroup Dialogue

Stephanie Hicks and Hamida Bhagirathy 9. The Free Southern Theater's Story Circle Process

Lizzy Cooper Davis 10. The National Issues Forums. "Choicework" as an Indispensable Civic Skill

Jean Johnson and Keith Melville 11. What IF The Interactivity Foundation and Student-Facilitated Discussion Teams

Jeff Prudhomme and Shannon Wheatley Hartman Part Three. Dialogue and Deliberation in the Curriculum 12. The Student as Local Deliberative Catalyst. The CSU Center for Public Deliberation

Marti´n Carcasson 13. Dialogue as a Teaching Tool for Democratizing Higher Education. The Simon Fraser University Semester in Dialogue

Janet Moore and Mark L. Winston 14. Conversations that Matter

Spoma Jovanovic 15. Talking Democracy

David Hoffman and Romy Hu¨bler Part Four. Dialogue and Deliberation Using Campus Spaces 16. Democracy Plaza at IUPUI

Amanda L. Bonilla and Lorrie A. Brown 17. Academic Libraries as Civic Agents

Nancy Kranich 18. Residence Halls as Sites of Democratic Practice

Laurel B. Kennedy Part Five. Dialogue and Deliberation in the Community 19. Providence College/Smith Hill Annex

Keith Morton and Leslie Hernandez 20. Lessons from the Front Porch. Fostering Strengthened Community Partnerships Through Dialogue

Suchitra V. Gururaj and Virginia A. Cumberbatch 21. Local Participation and Lived Experience. Dialogue and Deliberation Through Participatory Processes in Landscape Architecture

Katie Kingery-Page 22. "Give Light and the People will Find a Way:" Democratic Deliberation and Public Achievement at Colorado College

Anthony C. Siracusa and Nan Elpers Part Six. Dialogue and Deliberation Networks 23. New Hampshire Listens. Fulfilling the Land-Grant Mission While Strengthening Democratic Practice

Bruce L. Mallory, Michele Holt-Shannon, and Quixada Moore-Vissing 24. Start Talking, Stop Talking, and Toxic Talking. Resources for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education

Libby Roderick 25. Enacting Democracy In "Democracy's Colleges"

Carrie B. Kisker, John J. Theis, and Alberto Olivas Conclusion. Sources of Democratic Professionalism in the University

Albert Dzur Resources Editors and Contributors Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003443810

1003443818

9781620369289

1620369281

9781000974911

100097491X

9781000980134

1000980138

OCLC:

1389363689