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Somewhere I'Ve Never Been-Part Iii, John Lanci
Somewhere I'Ve Never Been-Part Iii, John Lanci
JRCA Pedagogy
In this essay, I propose that we examine the implications of a shift of fundamental importance, a shift in the way we see ourselves in the classroom and the difficult changes we need to make in the power relationships traditionally at play in our work.4 What follows is not an analysis of power relationships in general, but thoughts about how power flows in the classroom, and how we might modify that flow to encourage more effective teaching and learning. My point: If we empower students to become not passive listeners but active collaborators, they will be more likely to invest …
Somewhere I'Ve Never Been: Part 2, John Lanci
Somewhere I'Ve Never Been: Part 2, John Lanci
JRCA Pedagogy
In the first part of this essay, I suggested that teaching during a pandemic, while challenging and often uncomfortable in its remoteness, offers us the chance to re-examine all of the teaching we do, even in the good times. What if we focused less on content delivery, such as lectures, and instead attempted to explore methods of “deep learning,” a collaborative endeavor that would foster students’ abilities to evaluate, contextualize, and take ownership of their time in the classroom (or the Zoom gallery)? We scholars may feel most alive when immersed in the second or third centuries of the common …