How does teaching transformative texts—texts that have moved people, impacted lives, and inspired change, such as Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”—to undergraduate students, in ALL majors, change the way that we teach and our students learn? How can we pair classical texts with texts from students’ chosen fields, including STEM fields and business, to make general education requirements have a lasting impact on their education and their lives?
In this Faculty Learning Community, we will begin by reading and discussing Roosevelt Montás’ Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation (2021). This memoir uses literary reflection to recount Montás’ experiences as an undergraduate and then professor at Columbia University’s Center for the Core Curriculum. We will then use excerpts of transformative texts to workshop teaching these texts to undergraduate students from all majors.
This FLC will meet five times in Fall 2023. All meetings will be from 10:00-11:30 am in the CTL Teaching Commons (Old Main 109). There will also be the option to attend virtually.
- Tuesday, September 5th
- Tuesday, September 26th
- Tuesday, October 10th
- Tuesday, November 14th
- Tuesday, December 5th
The learning community will be facilitated by Zelideth Maria Rivas, Assistant Provost for Global Education and Professor in the Department of Modern Languages.
REGISTRATION (Closed)
Please send any questions about the FLC to rivasz@marshall.edu.
Please send any questions about registration to ctl@marshall.edu.