Event Title
The Silence of War? BSC and the Impact of the War(s) on Teaching, Learning and Our Community
Location
Hart 217
Start Time
14-5-2008 11:05 AM
End Time
14-5-2008 11:50 AM
Description
Over 4,000 dead in Iraq and Afghanistan, and billions of dollars have been spent. The lives of young people, their children and their parents have been permanently changed. An untold number of our students sit in our classrooms with active PTSD. We teach students who have repeatedly risked their lives with one, or multiple tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. What do we know about them? How do we help them? This workshop seeks to begin a discussion on the following: 1) how does the war affect our students (particularly those going to/returning from Iraq & Afghanistan)? 2) how does it affect our teaching when our students go to/come from war? 3) given the indefinite nature of the “War on Terror” how do we handle the normalization of war trauma? 4) what can/should be done to “create a face” on campus for discussion and support on issues of the war?
The Silence of War? BSC and the Impact of the War(s) on Teaching, Learning and Our Community
Hart 217
Over 4,000 dead in Iraq and Afghanistan, and billions of dollars have been spent. The lives of young people, their children and their parents have been permanently changed. An untold number of our students sit in our classrooms with active PTSD. We teach students who have repeatedly risked their lives with one, or multiple tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. What do we know about them? How do we help them? This workshop seeks to begin a discussion on the following: 1) how does the war affect our students (particularly those going to/returning from Iraq & Afghanistan)? 2) how does it affect our teaching when our students go to/come from war? 3) given the indefinite nature of the “War on Terror” how do we handle the normalization of war trauma? 4) what can/should be done to “create a face” on campus for discussion and support on issues of the war?
Comments
Moderator: Hank Vandenburgh