Showing posts with label experiences in teaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label experiences in teaching. Show all posts
Sunday, January 18, 2015
The Geek Class Cometh!
After months of work and waiting it is finally here - The Geek Class! Continue past the jump to find out why I am so excited and for a copy of the syllabus.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Experiences in Teaching – The Hardest Lecture of My Life
Last night* I gave the hardest lecture of my life. Perhaps I should have known it would be difficult. Perhaps it is best that I did not, or I may not have ever touched on this topic, as important as it is.
The topic was violence. The assigned reading was a chapter from their textbook on the cultural construction of violence. The week before my students turned in papers on interviews they conducted about identity. Having grown up largely sheltered from any seriously violent conflicts and coming off of grading these papers, I decided the best way for me to prepare for this lecture was to do the assignment myself. So I interviewed an Iraq war vet and presented the interview to my class.
The topic was violence. The assigned reading was a chapter from their textbook on the cultural construction of violence. The week before my students turned in papers on interviews they conducted about identity. Having grown up largely sheltered from any seriously violent conflicts and coming off of grading these papers, I decided the best way for me to prepare for this lecture was to do the assignment myself. So I interviewed an Iraq war vet and presented the interview to my class.
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