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The Old Ways:

The Old Ways:. Energizing Your Students with Participatory Learning. Fifth Annual Jumpstart Program Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC) Texas Tech University August 19th and 20th, 2009. Dr Christopher Smith, Associate Professor & Chair of Musicology;

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The Old Ways:

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  1. The Old Ways: Energizing Your Students with Participatory Learning Fifth Annual Jumpstart Program Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC) Texas Tech University August 19th and 20th, 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

  2. Disclaimer!

  3. VMC

  4. “Vernacular”?

  5. Example West Africa

  6. Audience[s]: what, where, and who?

  7. Audience[s]: what, where, and who?

  8. Audience[s]: what, where, and who?

  9. Audience[s]: what, where, and who?

  10. The Bandstand & the Ivory Tower

  11. One key insight Literac[ies]: to be pre-, post-, and/or differently-literate

  12. One key insight Knowledge[s]:The world & the classroom

  13. Example West Africa

  14. Goals Life-long engagement

  15. Intuition The efficacy of vernacular pedagogies

  16. Intuition The precision of these pedagogies

  17. Intuition The continued relevance of these pedagogies

  18. The continued relevance of these pedagogies

  19. Premise Topics are less problematic than are mindsets

  20. Example North India

  21. Premise Teach to students’ expert learning modes, ancient & post-modern

  22. Premise Teach to students’ expert learning modes, ancient & post-modern

  23. Premise Trust the visceral and intuitive

  24. Premise Trust archetypal teaching modes

  25. Premise Recognize student strengths

  26. Premise Recognize student handicaps

  27. Premise Exploit “new” literacies

  28. Premise Exploit ancient literacies: “Once upon a time…”

  29. Patterns & their power

  30. Patterns & their power Exploit memory, orality, recall

  31. Patterns & their power “Read one, see one, do one.”

  32. Patterns & their power “Let me tell you a story…”

  33. Patterns & their power Context & content & their interplay

  34. Patterns & their power Extending these usages

  35. Problem-solving Why is “it” the way “it” is?

  36. Demonstration/imitation/critique Ancient, archetypal, post-modern

  37. Questions for YOU How do YOU employ demonstration/imitation/critique…already?

  38. Questions for YOU What are your OWN discipline’s “archetypal narratives”?

  39. Questions for YOU How could your usage become MORE intentional, conscious, and effective?

  40. Questions for YOU How to link your teaching, your discipline, and your students’ experiences?

  41. Thank you!

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