Academic Exchange Quarterly
Summer 2012,
Volume 16, Issue 2
Expanded issue up to 400+ pages.
Articles on
various topics plus the following special section.
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Focus:
Engaging students in deep conversations about complex, divisive issues is never easy. When people disagree, dialogue serves as an ethical and effective means of communication. The purpose of dialogue is to understand how people come to hold different points of view. If done well, the dialogic process builds trust and strengthens relationships among disputants as they develop deeper comprehension of the issues
that divide them.
However, in a culture where adversarial argument is the norm, dialogue is often misapplied or even maligned. Without a specific goal of mutual understanding, many “dialogues” succumb to adversarial habits of judging, blaming, and defending. When not judging differences negatively or blaming others for the “problem,” disputants focus on defending their own positions or reputations. The argumentative impulse to “win” distorts the dialogic process. Moreover, when adversarial argument is a privileged mode for addressing disagreement, dialogue typically is regarded as a “touchy-feely” waste of time. As a result mutual understanding,
trust, and relational integrity all suffer.
The purpose of this feature is to explore challenging issues that arise in classes and how we can be more intentional in our use of dialogue to address conflict. We are particularly interested in how faculty addresses issues like race, disability, gender, sexuality, and religion in their teaching, through framing and supporting constructive dialogue as well
as through any other means available to them.
Who May Submit:
Submissions are welcome from researchers, school and college teachers, administrators, faculty, as well as others who are actively involved in teaching.
Please identify your submission with the keyword: ZEITGEIST-2
Submission deadline:
any time until the end of February 2012;
see details for other deadline options like
early, regular, and short.
Submission Procedure:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm
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