"the old ways: pre-literate pedagogies in the (post-)/(multi-)literate classroom"

The Old WaysPre-literate pedagogies

in the (post-)/(multi-)literate classroom

Texas Tech University Teaching Academy series: "What the Best Teachers Do" series, Feb 2009.

Dr Christopher Smith, Associate Professor & Chair of Musicology;Director: Vernacular Music Center & TTU Celtic Ensemble Texas Tech School of Music - christopher.smith@ttu.edu

http://ttuvmc.org

Disclaimer!

VMC

“Vernacular”?

Example

West Africa

What, where, and who?

What, where, and who?

What, where, and who?

What, where, and who?

The Bandstand & the Ivory Tower

Pre- versus post-literacy

One key insight

The world & the classroom

One key insight

Example

West Africa

Goals

Life-long engagement

Intuition 1

Vernacular pedagogies

Intuition 2

Those pedagogies’ precision

Intuition 3

Paying attention to these pedagogies

Intuition 4

Relevance beyond the ancient

Premise 1

Topics versus mindsets

Example

North India

Premise 2

Learning modes, ancient & post-modern

Premise 3

Students: strengths

Premise 4

Students: handicaps

Premise 5

“New” literacies

Archetypes

Premise 6

Premise 7

Visceral/intuitive

“Once upon a time…”

Premise 8

Patterns & their power

Example

The Near East

Patterns & their power

Memory, orality, recall

Patterns & their power

“Read one, see one, do one.”

Patterns & their power

Extending this use

Patterns & their power

“Let me tell you a story…”

Patterns & their power

Context & content & their interplay

Problem-solving

Why is “it” the way “it” is?

Demonstration/imitation/critique

Ancient, archetypal, post-modern

Questions for YOU

What is your OWN discipline’s useful folklore?

Questions for YOU

What do you already teach in this way?

Questions for YOU

MORE intentional, conscious, and effective?

Questions for YOU

“Method”

How do YOU employ demonstration/imitation/critique…already?

For further/future consideration

Which are unique to your discipline’s perspectives & archetypal experiences?

For further/future consideration

How to link your teaching, your discipline, and your students’ experiences?

For further/future consideration