Wow ! this is a great idea! I will try it – thanks again!
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nofziger,Stacey
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:12 AM
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Subject: Re: Applications
HI all,
One thing I did just BEFORE official evaluations was to have them to an application called “What have I learned” They first looked at a list of terms / ideas that I thought were important and circled ones that they did not really feel like they understood. Then in teams the compared the lists and explained ideas to each other that they personally understood. Finally, they starred any ideas they still did not understand as a group and we discussed those as a full class. Out of a list of 60+ ideas, only about 2 were left as not being understood by the end of the day. This I felt was a great way to remind them that even though they did not have a notebook full of notes, they still learned a lot!
I have attached what I did – I am in sociology and it was a Juvenile Delinquency class.
Stacey
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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:50 AM
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Hi Neil,
You have some very good points, - I have also been thinking that I should be careful to draw conclusions. I have also thought of doing some kind of midterm evaluation in order to get a sense of what the students are thinking, and use that evaluation to make improvements. I have talked to other professors who say that they tend to get better evaluations when they engage the students in a midterm review of the course.
Maybe there are other out there who have some advice on this?
Marit
From: Neil Haave [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:38 AM
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Subject: Re: Applications
Hi Marit,
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.
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...
Cheers
Neil
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Ostebo,Marit <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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 +++
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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Marit Ostebo
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