Can We Make Teaching Matter for Civic and Intellectual Life?
The Making Teaching Matter for Civic and Intellectual Life project aims to build faculty capacity, both within the School of Education and Human Development and across UVA, to cultivate character among undergraduate students. This article provides a brief overview of our project goals, accomplishments thus far, and plans for future work.
The Making Teaching Matter for Civic and Intellectual Life project aims to spark interest in character development among faculty and students in the School of Education and Human Development. The work, led by Drs. Sara Rimm-Kaufman, Jamie Jirout, Rachel Wahl, and Jim Soland, has focused on the cultivation of civic virtues including civic engagement, discourse across differences, and ethical decision-making as well as intellectual virtues such as curiosity, open-mindedness, and intellectual humility.