Faculty-led Inquiry into Reflective and Scholarly Teaching (FIRST)
Date of this Version
2014
Document Type
Portfolio
Abstract
This document summarizes the results of an inquiry conducted as part of an advanced reporting course. The questions at hand were, “can students be taught to avoid bias in their journalistic work and to provide fair accounts of news developments?” and “how might they best be taught that?” This exploration revolved around a single lecture and discussion session, several reading assignments and the viewing of a video interview, and involved two writing assignments. The results suggest that both the teaching and evaluation of bias and fairness are difficult and complex. The findings suggest a single lesson may not be adequate and, further, that impartiality is a challenging concept and an approach that may take repeated critiquing of student work and instruction.
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Higher Education Commons, Higher Education and Teaching Commons, Journalism Studies Commons
Comments
Course portfolio developed as part of the UNL Peer Review of Teaching Project (peerreview.unl.edu)
Copyright (c) 2016 Joseph Weber