Teaching Global Issues through Public Intellectuals
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Issue Date
2014
Authors
Hornibrook, Jeff
Publisher
The Common Good: A SUNY Plattsburgh Journal on Teaching and Learning
Keywords
global issues , public intellectuals , pedagogy , secondary education
Abstract
By focusing on individual writers, public intellectuals, who are both thoughtful and easily accessible—rather than reading about these broader topics in textbooks—students learn about many of the same important issues while pointing them to specific individuals who they can turn to in the newspapers and political web sites whenever political conflicts and debates arise long after they leave college.