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Measuring & Teaching about Political Correctness
Dear College Teaching Tips:
TheBestSchools.org recently produced two articles for teaching about the status of political correctness in contemporary American culture. I used both of these resources in my 100-level Ethics courses at University of Kentucky, and they went over well.
The first article is an informative piece useful for helping students find topics and references for contemporary moral debates. This article focuses on controversial career fields that often feel more like mission callings rather than ordinary career choices, but gives brief introductions to 12 cultural conflicts.
Here’s a link to the main article:
http://www.thebestschools.org/careers/politically-correct-politically-incorrect-careers/
The second article is a fun, informative, thought-provoking quiz, “Political Correctness Inventory” to measure one’s PC leanings. I gave this quiz to my students to do at home, and we discussed the questions as a class. Some questions seem much lighter than others, but it was a good exercise in their critical thinking. Due to the quiz design, being forced choice, they also had to supply alternative positions.
See what you think:
http://www.thebestschools.org/political-correctness-inventory/
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Best wishes,
Wayne Downs
wjdown0@gmail.com
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