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New Episode: Defusing Queerphobia in the Classroom
In this episode, university arts educators share practical strategies for defusing homophobia and transphobia in the classroom while accounting for our increasingly polarized political realities across the U.S. Rather than combatting or fighting queerphobia, they present approaches they have used to keep students engaged in dialogue and promote inclusive, respectful classroom culture.
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The key to teaching thesis writing: you’ve gotta have SASS!
I’ve been teaching writing to high school and university students for over a decade. One of the parts of essay writing, or any form of argumentative writing, really, that I’ve always found most challenging to teach: the thesis. Perhaps, it goes back to the frustration I had as a student, where sometimes I would be…