A High School Course on Public Policy, with Tim Northrop (Saratoga Springs High School, NY)
Education for Sustainable Democracy
English - May 06, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsDocumentary Society & Culture education democracy civic environment youth learning children participation election activism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How can high school courses help adolescents learn to carefully analyze public policies and summarize their analyses in writing? In this episode, veteran teacher Tim Northrop explains how his public policy courses foster these important skills. He also discusses how these courses support students' capacities in media literacy and civil discourse - and how these skills could be integrated into other courses.
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