By Dr. Glazier’s Religious Freedom Calderwood Seminar Class
This article is a teaching experiment. In spring 2024, I am teaching in a way I never have before. Although the content is familiar–religious freedom–the format is totally new. I am teaching a Calderwood Seminar, an upper level course where students work in a collaborative environment to take turns writing and peer editing public-facing pieces. The Calderwood model was started at Wellesley College and focuses on preparing students to write for real-life situations.
To mark International Women’s Day (March 8, 2024), the students in our class have collaboratively written the following piece about local and global restrictions on women’s clothing choices, restrictions which are often based in religion. I hope you enjoy and learn from their efforts!
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