TY - JOUR AU - Ballantine, Jeanne PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Technique 52: Controversial Issues in Institutions (Family, Education, Religion, Politics); Power and Decision Making; Group Processes; Roles in Groups; Urban Issues JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/technique-52-controversial-issues-in-institutions SP - AB - Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes:To involve students in simulated roles of community members as they interact on a controversial issue. Students learn the nature of decision making, roles in groups, and group processes while discussing controversial issues such as inequality and white privilege; marriage laws and gay marriage; sex education, prayer, and testing in schools; crime and drugs. Any issue relevant to a class will work for this active learning project. ER -