Breech Disciplinary Levees: Help Fix Democracy

A review of general education at the author’s university led to an effort to include project- and theme-based interdisciplinary courses that addressed the “public good,” but many faculty resisted what they perceived as threats to purely disciplinary knowledge. When knowledge is under attack, profess...

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Published in:Pedagogy : critical approaches to teaching literature, language, culture, and composition language, culture, and composition, 2020-04, Vol.20 (2), p.229-233
Main Author: Hesse, Doug
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Literature and Literary Studies
Pedagogy and Higher Education
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Summary:A review of general education at the author’s university led to an effort to include project- and theme-based interdisciplinary courses that addressed the “public good,” but many faculty resisted what they perceived as threats to purely disciplinary knowledge. When knowledge is under attack, professors in all disciplines should help prepare students to address problems in US democracy.
ISSN:1531-4200
1533-6255
DOI:10.1215/15314200-8091835