Fostering Skills for Civic Life with Bethany Morrison

Today on episode number six hundred and thirty two of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Fostering skills for better Civil Discourse with Bethany Morrison. Produced by Innovate Learning. Maximizing human potential.

Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. I'm Bonnie Stahoviac, and this is the space where we explore the art. And science of being more effective. at facilitating learning. We also share ways to improve our productivity approaches.

So we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. My guest today is Dr. Bethany Morrison. She's the assistant director and an adjunct instructor at the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. She co-leads the Promoting Democracy Teaching Series, a collaborative between CRLT and the University of Michigan's Ginsburg Center for Community and Civic Engagement, which helps instructors across academic disciplines bring specific learning into their courses. This past semester, as you'll hear in our conversation, Bethany taught an asynchronous introduction to American Government and Politics course, where on top of her full time role, she designed a capstone assignment she calls How My Profession Influences Policy. Students used it to explore an

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