I am a faculty developer at a small liberal arts university, and I see a
lot of course evaluations. Last year, for the first time, I started seeing
comments like "You need to incorporate more active learning into this
course." or "All you do is lecture. We should go watch Dr. XXX (a TBL
teacher) teach!" or "I know how I learn best, and it's not by just
listening."
As you can imagine, I'm very excited to see this culture shift. Keep TBLing!
Blessings, Jo
Jo Clemmons EdD, Director
*Center for Teaching & Learning*
*Point Loma Nazarene University*
*619-849-296*5
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Meeuwsen, Harry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The other contributing factor is the “culture” in the department. If you
> are the only one using TBL you will likely continue to get complaints.
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> The complaints we receive are mostly from students in the intro classes
> when they first encounter TBL. Once students become familiar with TBL and
> see it in multiple classes, the complaints disappear.
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> *From:* Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Neil Haave
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2014 8:38 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Applications
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> Hi Marit,
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> I will be curious if your experience will be the same as mine.... I too
> have had the experience of implementing TBL and being so pleased with the
> results as I witnessed them in the classroom: engaged discussion occurring
> whereas before TBL there was passive silence. However, when the end of term
> course evaluations were returned to me, I was surprised at the number of
> students who had a very negative reaction to the teaching & learning
> strategy that is TBL. They were a minority, but a significant minority. It
> felt to me like a bit of cognitive dissonance was going on for students -
> they didn't recognize the learning experience for what it was. On my campus
> it really feels like implementing TBL is counter-cultural in the sense that
> students have experienced and expect didactic lecture and to not do the
> same is to abdicate my instructor responsibilities.
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> I have a lot of work to do in not only teaching my students the course
> content, but also how to learn deeply so that their education lasts longer
> than their degree program...
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> Cheers
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> Neil
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>
> *Neil Haave, PhD*
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> Associate Professor, Biology
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> Managing Editor, *Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching*
> <http://celt.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/CELT/index>
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> blog <http://activelylearning2teach.blogspot.ca/>
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> "We do not learn from experience . . . we learn from reflecting on
> experience" - John Dewey
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> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Ostebo,Marit <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> I am implementing TBL for the first time this semester. It seems to work
> very well (judging from the high level of participation in the class and
> the good feeling I have when leaving the classroom). I teach a Human Rights
> and Culture class, and I just wonder if there are people out there who have
> been teaching similar classes and who would like to share their
> applications with me. Topics that I cover are e.g. *Violence, conflict
> resolution and legal pluralism*, *Women’s Rights and Gender Equality,
> Human Rights activism, Anthropology and Human rights*, *Human rights and
> International Development +++*
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> A few weeks back I had a focus on dignity, and the applications I had
> designed worked EXTREMELY well. If anyone is interested, - I am happy to
> share. It should be of relevance not only for those teaching human rights,
> but also for instructors in nursing, medicine, ethics, etc.
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> Please shoot me an e-mail off list if you are interested:
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> Marit Ostebo
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> *Marit Tolo Ostebo (PhD)*
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> Lecturer
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> Department of Anthropology
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