Day-Long Session: Exploring Essential Moral Questions in the Classroom
Facilitator(s): Kathy Simon

Pre-Conference   +   Classroom Practice: curriculum & instruction   +   Everyone
What constitutes a just war? How does race affect life in America? Is there scientific knowledge we should not pursue? The subject areas we teach are full of controversial, morally significant questions. But it is particularly challenging to explore such questions in public school classrooms, where such questions might raise controversy, and where pressure to "cover" material crowds out in-depth deliberation. In this workshop, participants will explore ways to integrate important moral questions into their curriculum. Participants will practice discussion-leading techniques that help students gain understanding of the gray areas in complex, controversial issues, and they will learn strategies for designing units around the moral questions at the heart of the subject areas they teach. This session will be led by Kathy Simon, Director of Research at CES National.
Kathy has a new book on this topic, Moral Questions in the Classroom.
She will be signing copies of her book at the Fall Forum at an event called, Meet the Authors.
Date/Time: Thursday, 8:00am - 3:00pm   Room: Sheraton Cedar   Session #325
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Participants indicating interest in attending this session are:
Marna BlanchardJames Lick MS
Tom ConryMadison High School
Lynn DahlbergQuest High School
Marie ErwinSBRSD
Betsey GundersonMaryknoll H.S.
Becca LewisPacific Lutheran University
Frank LivoyNew Jersey Coalition of Essential Schools
Awele MakebaThe Teller Of All Tales
Lee MicklinNathan Hale High School
donna moreauPAHS
Tom PalombiSt. Anne's-Belfield School
William PollockNew Jersey Center of the Coalition of Essential Schools
Kathy SimonCES National
Lynn` TarantCharles J. Riley PS9
Peter Waring
mary whalenoceana