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Plea To Professors: A Passionate Approach To Controversy In The Classroom, Adrianna Meredith
Plea To Professors: A Passionate Approach To Controversy In The Classroom, Adrianna Meredith
Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology
Scholars have warned of a student-driven movement to turn campuses into comfort zones free from any material that may be seen as controversial (Lukianoff & Haidt, 2015). Despite this movement, the notion that professors ought to shelter their students as opposed to exposing them to challenging ideas is anti-intellectual and counterproductive to the development of critical thinking (American Association of University Professors, 2014). If the goal of education is indeed to foster critical thinking, it is crucial for professors to be willing to discuss controversial subjects (Schneider, 2013). Such openness in the classroom requires students to analyze the origin and …