{"id":144804,"date":"2025-03-20T01:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/more-on-the-georgetown-day-school-visit-to-messiah-university\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T01:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:42:27","slug":"more-on-the-georgetown-day-school-visit-to-messiah-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=144804","title":{"rendered":"More on the Georgetown Day School visit to Messiah University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GDS-1024x420.jpg\" class=\"singular-image entry-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GDS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176720 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GDS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176720 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GDS.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GDS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/currentpub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GDS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Get up to speed <a href=\"https:\/\/currentpub.com\/2025\/02\/27\/seeking-common-ground-a-day-with-students-and-faculty-from-georgetown-day-school\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a taste of Dani Seiss\u2019s article at the Georgetown Day School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gds.org\/about\/news\/story\/~board\/gds-news\/post\/a-not-so-mini-mester\">website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>DS\u2019s High School Minimster offers students a unique opportunity to learn about new and varied subjects as they step away from regular classes for three days to engage in a more direct, experiential approach to learning. The subjects of study, based on the passions and expertise of the faculty and staff at GDS often take students far afield from their conventional curriculum and school-related activities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This year, high school students selected from 32 different courses, including reproductive justice, making comics, the sport of curling\u2014even a native landscaping\/camping adventure. Thirteen new courses made their debut in addition to those that have proven to be impactful learning experiences and\/or favorites with students. Many of these have been honed and modified over time.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Among the tried and true, is \u201cA View From the Other Side,\u201d organized by History teachers Lisa Rauschart and Sue Ikenberry. For their course, the teachers took the students on a field trip to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.messiah.edu\/\">Messiah<\/a>\u00a0University, a private Christian University in Pennsylvania, to expose them to views and perspectives they were less familiar with, in line with the GDS mission to develop empathetic, informed citizens who honor the integrity and worth of each individual.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBoth of us were concerned by the numbers of students who reported feeling shut down by many of their peers (and some adults) because they disagreed in part or whole with ideas, policies, and practices being advocated by the majority,\u201d said Lisa and Sue about why they created their Minimester course. At the same time, they were also worried about the students who found it easy to demonstrate that they were on the \u2018right side\u2019 without really thinking deeply about issues, ideas, or the people involved. They hoped exposing students to more points of view could help them to move beyond their assumptions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started to think about the ways we could craft an experience for our students that would get them to understand and appreciate some views from the other side\u2014and the individuals behind them,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p><em>In describing the course experience, Lisa said, \u201cThe experience of working with a professor and students who are very different in their religious beliefs than GDS students was interesting and revealing. Students learned a bit more about the distinctions in Christianity that many don\u2019t know much about, but which are important for understanding the way such beliefs impact political thought.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>John Fea, a Professor of American History and Chair of the History Department at Messiah wrote about GDS\u2019s visit in a blog entry in which he said: \u201cThe GDS students were smart, civil, and respectful. We need more of these kinds of face-to-face interactions in America right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gds.org\/about\/news\/story\/~board\/gds-news\/post\/a-not-so-mini-mester\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get up to speed here. This is a taste of Dani Seiss\u2019s article at the Georgetown Day School website: DS\u2019s High School Minimster offers students a unique opportunity to learn about new and varied subjects as they step away from regular classes for three days to engage in a more direct, experiential approach to learning. 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