(DOWNLOAD) "Women in Asia and Africa: An Interdisciplinary History-Based Readings Course." by Teaching History: A Journal of Methods # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Women in Asia and Africa: An Interdisciplinary History-Based Readings Course.
- Author : Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
- Release Date : January 22, 2007
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 200 KB
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My teaching is grounded in an international perspective and in student-centered active pedagogy. The goal is for students to assume responsibility for their own learning, and I use student peer modeling as a means to achieve that objective. I am convinced that the best learning environment provides students the opportunity to read extensively, to write about what they read, and to talk about their reading and written commentary. Most of my courses employ this pedagogy. (1) I have selected one course to describe how the process works. "Women in Asian and African Cultures" might be my favorite offering of all the myriad of courses that I teach, and it is one of the most highly rated among my students. When I designed the course initially, I thought that focusing on women's role in world history and the impact of their respective cultures upon them was an appealing and "catchy" means of dealing with some major events and movements in the recent and contemporary past. This approach seemed particularly appropriate for the women's college environment in which I work. But what might have begun as "gimmick" to teach traditional historical events shifted rapidly to an emphasis on differing cultures, as seen through women's lives and eyes. The methodology now is truly multidisciplinary. Most of the readings are first-person accounts, but subjects are also addressed through the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, anthropology, literature, religion, and journalism, which allow students to appreciate various disciplinary and methodological perspectives.
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