I am teaching Fashion History I in an AA program. I realy dislike the Totura book and its CD. When I showed one of the CD sections to my students one pipes up "There are no costume pictures in this." I can't remember the chapter, but several were like that.
I found that I would prep 15 to 20 hours per week to do my own Powerpoint the first time I taught the class. It was a pain, but worth it. Monica -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Penny Ladnier Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:40 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] question about a book Susan, My book is the 2005- fourth edition and has a white cover. When I first it was our textbook title last spring, I thought "Oh. no!" Why even make the students buy it. I would have had to supplement the older editions a lot. Then I went through newer edition and found a lot more references to events in fashion history and designers. I really think the book is worth the price if they are going to take more than one costume history class. I can understand in a community college setting not paying that high of price for a textbook. Others who are teaching costume or fashion history... what level is your class taught? Mine is a 300 level. I ask because I earned an AA Fashion degree in what was now a community college. When I transferred to a senior college, some of my fashion classes wouldn't transfer because they needed to be taken at a senior college 300 & 400 level. I had this happen at the university where I teach at and University of New Mexico. I even had to repeat a consumerism class taken at UNM because it wasn't taken at the proper level. It was such a pain in the butt taking classes over because they weren't taken at the proper level... and the waste of money. Susan, what are you doing at Uof T? Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
