Comments on: A SoTL experiment in a World Civ classroom http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/2007/02/06/a-sotl-experiment-in-a-world-civ-classroom/ An International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Sean Brawley http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/2007/02/06/a-sotl-experiment-in-a-world-civ-classroom/#comment-30 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:49:31 +0000 http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/2007/02/06/a-sotl-experiment-in-a-world-civ-classroom/#comment-30 Marie, I have not but it does sound a very wise idea to once again make explicit what is happening in the learning process. Sean Marie,

I have not but it does sound a very wise idea to once again make explicit what is happening in the learning process.

Sean

]]> by: Marie Hooper http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/2007/02/06/a-sotl-experiment-in-a-world-civ-classroom/#comment-28 Thu, 31 May 2007 14:39:59 +0000 http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/2007/02/06/a-sotl-experiment-in-a-world-civ-classroom/#comment-28 Sean - Do you begin with a session to overcome students' fears about speaking about art? I attended a workshop in Santa Fe in which the guide got us all to identify what we saw in a picture, what we felt when we looked at it, and then create a backstory. In a group of academics, it was a great exercise to break down 'it's not my field' barriers. I'm considering using the same kind of approach to get students over the fear of commenting on art, and wonder if anybody out there has experience. Marie Sean - Do you begin with a session to overcome students’ fears about speaking about art? I attended a workshop in Santa Fe in which the guide got us all to identify what we saw in a picture, what we felt when we looked at it, and then create a backstory. In a group of academics, it was a great exercise to break down ‘it’s not my field’ barriers. I’m considering using the same kind of approach to get students over the fear of commenting on art, and wonder if anybody out there has experience.

Marie

]]> by: Sean Brawley http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/2007/02/06/a-sotl-experiment-in-a-world-civ-classroom/#comment-16 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:42:40 +0000 http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/2007/02/06/a-sotl-experiment-in-a-world-civ-classroom/#comment-16 Marie, Welcome to HistSOTL. Your project sounds a great one. Alas I can't offer too much advice on it from a SOTL point of view. I do teach a upper level (third year) course on Western Engagements with Asia and have a section on the Japanese influence on French impressionists etc in the late nineteenth century. When I first started to teach this I used to use black and white overheads. These days powerpoint affords great colour images and, depending on copyright issues, I was able to secure most of the images I needed from Google scholar. Within the class I drove this section very much through class discussion via comparisons of the various works of art. It has always engaged the students and produced great discussions. Cheers, Seab Marie,

Welcome to HistSOTL. Your project sounds a great one. Alas I can’t offer too much advice on it from a SOTL point of view. I do teach a upper level (third year) course on Western Engagements with Asia and have a section on the Japanese influence on French impressionists etc in the late nineteenth century. When I first started to teach this I used to use black and white overheads. These days powerpoint affords great colour images and, depending on copyright issues, I was able to secure most of the images I needed from Google scholar. Within the class I drove this section very much through class discussion via comparisons of the various works of art. It has always engaged the students and produced great discussions.

Cheers,
Seab

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