"the old ways: pre-literate pedagogies in the (post-)/(multi-)literate classroom"
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Slideshow from a presentation in the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy's "What the Best Teachers Do" series, Feb 2009. Full title: "The Old Ways: Pre-literate pedagogies in the (post-)/(multi-)literate classroom"TRANSCRIPT
The Old WaysPre-literate pedagogies
in the (post-)/(multi-)literate classroom
Texas Tech University Teaching Academy series: "What the Best Teachers Do" series, Feb 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
What, where, and who?
What, where, and who?
What, where, and who?
What, where, and who?
The Bandstand & the Ivory Tower
Pre- versus post-literacy
One key insight
The world & the classroom
One key insight
Example
West Africa
Goals
Life-long engagement
Intuition 1
Vernacular pedagogies
Intuition 2
Those pedagogies’ precision
Intuition 3
Paying attention to these pedagogies
Intuition 4
Relevance beyond the ancient
Premise 1
Topics versus mindsets
Example
North India
Premise 2
Learning modes, ancient & post-modern
Premise 3
Students: strengths
Premise 4
Students: handicaps
Premise 5
“New” literacies
Archetypes
Premise 6
Premise 7
Visceral/intuitive
“Once upon a time…”
Premise 8
Patterns & their power
Example
The Near East
Patterns & their power
Memory, orality, recall
Patterns & their power
“Read one, see one, do one.”
Patterns & their power
Extending this use
Patterns & their power
“Let me tell you a story…”
Patterns & their power
Context & content & their interplay
Problem-solving
Why is “it” the way “it” is?
Demonstration/imitation/critique
Ancient, archetypal, post-modern
Questions for YOU
What is your OWN discipline’s useful folklore?
Questions for YOU
What do you already teach in this way?
Questions for YOU
MORE intentional, conscious, and effective?
Questions for YOU
“Method”
How do YOU employ demonstration/imitation/critique…already?
For further/future consideration
Which are unique to your discipline’s perspectives & archetypal experiences?
For further/future consideration
How to link your teaching, your discipline, and your students’ experiences?
For further/future consideration