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Presentation on participatory learning for Texas Tech University Teaching Academy, Aug 19 2009.
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The Old Ways:Energizing Your Students with
Participatory Learning
Fifth Annual Jumpstart ProgramTeaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC)
Texas Tech UniversityAugust 19th and 20th, 2009
Dr Christopher Smith, Associate Professor & Chair of Musicology;Director: Vernacular Music Center & TTU Celtic Ensemble Texas Tech School of Music - [email protected]
http://ttuvmc.org
Disclaimer!
VMC
“Vernacular”?
Example
West Africa
Audience[s]: what, where, and who?
Audience[s]: what, where, and who?
Audience[s]: what, where, and who?
Audience[s]: what, where, and who?
The Bandstand & the Ivory Tower
Literac[ies]: to be pre-, post-, and/or differently-literate
One key insight
Knowledge[s]:The world & the classroom
One key insight
Example
West Africa
Goals
Life-long engagement
Intuition
The efficacy of vernacular pedagogies
Intuition
The precision of these pedagogies
Intuition
The continued relevance of these pedagogies
The continued relevance of these pedagogies
Premise
Topics are less problematic
than are mindsets
Example
North India
Premise
Teach to students’ expert learning modes, ancient & post-modern
Premise
Teach to students’ expert learning modes, ancient & post-modern
Premise
Trust the visceral and intuitive
Premise
Trust archetypal teaching modes
Premise
Recognize student strengths
Premise
Recognize student handicaps
Premise
Exploit “new” literacies
Exploit ancient literacies: “Once upon a time…”
Premise
Patterns & their power
Patterns & their power
Exploit memory, orality, recall
Patterns & their power
“Read one, see one, do one.”
Patterns & their power
“Let me tell you a story…”
Patterns & their power
Context & content & their interplay
Patterns & their power
Extending these usages
Problem-solving
Why is “it” the way “it” is?
Demonstration/imitation/critique
Ancient, archetypal, post-modern
How do YOU employ demonstration/imitation/critique…already?
Questions for YOU
Questions for YOU
What are your OWN discipline’s “archetypal narratives”?
Questions for YOU
How could your usage become MORE intentional, conscious, and effective?
How to link your teaching, your discipline, and your students’ experiences?
Questions for YOU
Thank you!
