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]> 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 +++*
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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,
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