teach-in

Campus discussion event

A teach-in is a prolonged meeting or session devoted to intensive discussion and education about a particular issue, typically political or social.

The format emerged from 1960s anti-war activism, where professors and students gathered for extended seminars outside regular classes.

Modern teach-ins address topics from climate change to racial justice: The campus held a teach-in on police reform.

format

lecture

Educational spoken presentation

audience · workshop · session · facilitator · presentation · forum · symposium · dialogue · debate · breakout

activism

protest

Public expression of disapproval

movement · solidarity · resistance · antiwar · Vietnam · organizing · consciousness-raising · mobilization · grassroots · advocacy

education

alternative education

Non-standard approaches to learning

informed · knowledge · learning · pedagogy · political education · faculty · campus · university · counternarrative · empowerment

Categories
Opposites
educational format

teach-inlecture

Educational spoken presentation

degree program · mandatory training · classroom instruction

political stance

teach-inindoctrination

Systematic uncritical belief instillation

party line · censorship · corporate training

mode of engagement

teach-insilence

Total lack of sound

apathy · willful ignorance · disengagement · sit-out · blackout

Family

teaching

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