ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange
Abstract
Predicated upon Plato\u27s dialogical method of inquiry, this professor\u27s teaching style acknowledges the value found in community dialogue and the importance of incorporating Bloom\u27s six levels of cognitive thinking in the classroom. Rejecting rote memorization and one-way dialogue, she explores truth in fiction and narrative and often uses the dramatic moment as a teaching tool- finding and using a key moment in a scholar\u27s discovery, a contradiction in a text ,or a face-off of the truth of opposing positions to unveil prejudicial attitudes, reveal places where a student\u27s thinking is struck, or show the irreducible complexity of an ethical issue
