Ginger, Last week we were discussing difficulty..... the panel of students came up with the following. Faculty often teach a course as if to impress the students. There can be demanding courses... lots of work not related to learning.... difficult exams too..... also not related to learning
Students also claimed that they learned more than the grade they got showed......... The difficulty it seems comes from the transferee of information adopting information/knowledge. Because students have different learning styles a classroom using a method with limited access such as a lecture will make any material difficult for some students. Many subjects require abstract random thinking.... a skill that has been extinguished in most classrooms. This for those of us/you who had to write the paper....and then produce the outline. There are still college courses where to aid students the project is broken down into linear stages. This may work well for some students at the same time it reduces the opportunity for engaging in adaptive learning for all students...... in this way it dumbs down students. So we found that the difficulty is not in the material itself...... it is in the way it is presented Best to led the student be self taught using their own learning style Del [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been asked to organize a teaching workshop at the next ASA > meeting. The topic is to be "Innovative Teaching Practices for a > Difficult Subjects". I would like your help. > > First of all: What do you think are the difficult subjects to teach in > Sociology? (These could be both hard for student and/or hard for > faculty.) > > Secondly: What areas or topics would you be most interested in getting > tips for? > > Finally, if you are interested in possibly presenting a demonstration > of how you handle your 'difficult subject' send me a email at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a brief description of what you would > demonstrate. > > Thanks in advance! > > Your responses will help me make the workshop worthwhile. > > Ginger > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
