The Kids Are Alright: Teaching Civics in College

Professor & Civics Director at University of Pikeville Jeffrey Tyler Syck talks reclaiming civics education, what’s really going on with students & AI, citizenship, education, & more https://heardtell.substack.com/p/the-... #civics #teachingcivics #civicsclass #civicseducation Chapters 00:00 – Intro: West Virginia meets Kentucky, plus "Civics" branding 01:30 – Gen Z in the classroom: high-tech but tech-skeptical 05:00 – Why students hate AI: authenticity and individuality 06:30 – What "civics" actually means: the three camps 8:53 – Should civics be mandatory, and why it belongs in every subject 11:15 – "We the People": helping students feel they matter 13:30 – Reaching disaffected citizens and the chicken-and-egg problem 17:05 – Appalachian Civic Fellowship and "Politics Can Be a Good Thing" 19:50 – "How to Rule the World": why students love hard reading 20:30 – UVA vs. Pikeville: idealists vs. pessimists 24:12 – Is college a socialism factory? 29:22 – Appalachia’s political shift and the end of the Blue Dog Democrats 35:30 – Labor, distrust of big institutions, and why socialism never took hold 36:30 – Rise of independents and the end of hyper-partisanship? 40:20 – Hot topics: data centers, the economy, housing, and jobs 45:30 – Students and foreign policy: more global than you'd think 48:00 – John Quincy Adams and A Republic of Virtue 52:31 – Where to find Jeffrey Tyler Syck and wrap-up