Reginald Dwayne Betts in Conversation with Major Jackson

This video features Reginald Dwayne Betts in conversation with Major Jackson on why reading and writing matter and the ways in which teachers can bring literature alive for students at the Teagle Foundation's "Teaching with Transformative Texts" workshop on October 7, 2021.
This session is part of a workshop series on what can be done to strengthen general education--as students move into STEM, business, health, and other pre-professional fields--to ensure that college students, whatever their major or background, encounter inspiring works of literature and philosophy and grasp the power of the humanities and its relevance to their professional aspirations. Find out more about Cornerstone: Learning for Living, sponsored by the Teagle Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, at teaglefoundati...