{"id":367,"date":"2020-05-14T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/?page_id=367"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:41:06","slug":"think-about-the-election","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/think-about-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"THINK about the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h6>One place to start&#8211;ask yourself and your studentS&#8230;<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>What attitudes and assumptions do I carry about voting? About democracy?<\/li>\n<li>What values do I carry that matter most to me in the upcoming election?<\/li>\n<li>What connections can I make between this subject and a healthy democracy?<\/li>\n<li>What connections can I make between this subject and the upcoming elections?<\/li>\n<li>How does what I&#8217;m teaching\/learning about play into issues that are arising in the 2022 midterm elections?<\/li>\n<li>Why does voting in the upcoming election matter to this subject I am teaching\/learning about?<\/li>\n<li>What do different candidates or political parties have to say about the things I am teaching\/learning about in this course?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re teaching, you could even begin to think about how your methods of teaching embody or could reflect democratic classroom practices, a classroom where everyone is a learner and has a voice in constructing the learning experience. The &#8220;<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/compact.org\/resource-posts\/faculty-development-democratic-classroom\/\">Faculty Development for the Democratic Classroom<\/a>&#8221; knowledge hub on Campus Compact gives myriad resources to get you started. Here are a few that sparked our curiosity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bergmark, U., &amp; Westman, S. (2016).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/1360144X.2015.1120734\">Co-creating curriculum in higher education: promoting democratic values and a multidimensional view on learning<\/a>. International Journal for Academic Development, 21(1), 28-40.<\/li>\n<li>Tolman, A.O., &amp; Lee, C. (2013). \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=BpGOrTmCI8AC&amp;pg=PA110&amp;lpg=PA110&amp;dq=True+collaboration:+Building+meaning+in+learning+by+sharing+power+with+students.&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=mTjTVzbG-x&amp;sig=H6ZO0krh_1oADm7gdQiXbZphVV0&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwixqtOr1dHUAhVGWD4KHSn8CF0Q6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&amp;q=True%20collaboration%3A%20Building%20meaning%20in%20learning%20by%20sharing%20power%20with%20students.&amp;f=false\">True collaboration: \u00a0Building meaning in learning by sharing power with students.<\/a> In O. Kovbasyuk &amp; Blessinger, P. (Eds). Meaning-Centered Education: \u00a0International perspectives and explorations in higher education. \u00a0New York, NY: Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>Stroup, J. T., Bunting, H., Dodson, K., Horne, M., &amp; Portilla, J. (2013).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/87567555.2013.809327\">Promoting a Deliberative and Active Citizenry: Developing Traditional First Year College Student Political Engagement.\u00a0<\/a>College Teaching, 61(4), 116\u2013126.<\/li>\n<li>McWilliams, S. (2014).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1049096514001723\">The Democratic Syllabus.\u00a0<\/a>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics, 48(January), 167\u2013170.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder -->\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-cranberry\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/talk-about-the-election\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">TALK<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDiscuss &amp; deliberate\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/advocate-in-the-elections\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">ADVOCATE<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSupport a cause or candidate\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-purple\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/show-up-to-the-election\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">SHOW UP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRegister, vote, &amp; participate\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One place to start&#8211;ask yourself and your studentS&#8230; What attitudes and assumptions do I carry about voting? 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