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Teaching with National Issues Forums (NIF) Materials
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Exploring Deliberation in the Classroom
Are you looking for new ways to engage students in productive, deliberative conversations in your classroom?
Are you interested in connecting with other teachers who are thinking about ways to instruct a new generation of citizens?
Have you used National Issues Forums materials to enrich instruction or teach about public issues?
Do you have ideas, suggestions, or experiences that could improve the use of NIF materials in the classroom?
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If so, we invite you to explore the Teachers' Forum. You may start a conversation or continue a discussion related to teaching with National Issues Forums materials.
Related topics might include:
- questions about deliberation and its use in classrooms;
- reviews and comments about NIF materials and publications;
- problems or concerns about using deliberation and problem solving;
- connections between specific issues or deliberation in general and curriculum standards and educational goals;
- strategies for using NIF materials with various academic subjects, such as English, civics, math, or science;
- recommendations for readings or videos that help students connect to specific issues;
- stories about the impact of forums and forum projects, from both teachers' and students' points of view; and
- suggestions for moderating or issue framing or other deliberation related topics.
We are also seeking sample lessons or unit plans that involve the use of NIF materials. Creative ideas and essays exploring new ways of using these materials in classrooms or with students are welcome.
We hope you will find this forum a useful addition to your teaching resources, as well as a way to connect with other teachers using NIF and deliberation in the classroom. Your comments and suggestions will influence the development of this site and will be shared with the writers of NIF materials.
Topics, comments, links, and other materials posted here must be related to either teaching with National Issues Forums materials or teaching public issue deliberation in some way. No unrelated, abusive, marketing, or anonymous (name and e-mail address is required) postings will be accepted. Please title each posting in a way that will help others understand its purpose or subject.
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