The Teaching Curve is a podcast exploring the teaching and learning of global issues. This episode with Dr. Jack Kalpakian, Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane in Morocco explores how to deal with religious perspectives in a social science classroom, using liberal arts pedagogies in a culture where education is traditionally based in respect for authority, and how simulations help students find their own voices.
Our conversation covers:
• Managing religious perspectives in a social science classroom.

• Bringing a liberal arts perspective to an educational culture that has traditionally been based primarily in respect for authority.

• Using simulations as a mechanism for reducing the barriers students often feel to expressing their own perspectives and opinions.