{"id":7426,"date":"2019-01-20T02:41:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T02:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.froginawell.net\/frog\/?p=7426"},"modified":"2019-01-20T02:41:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T02:41:31","slug":"pedagogy-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/froginawell.net\/frog\/2019\/01\/pedagogy-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedagogy In The Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/s-usih.org\/2019\/01\/what-is-good-teaching-anyway\/\">thoughtful discussion of teaching at USIH<\/a>, I commented<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In addition to all the other  qualifications and tensions around teaching, there are gaps between  disciplines that are frequently ignored by both pedagogy \u201cexperts\u201d and  administrators alike. I\u2019ve gotten to the point that I tune out of any  discussion of teaching that isn\u2019t centered on history, because there are  just no other disciplines that have the same mix of content, skills,  sources, and myths. I\u2019ve looked at all the fads and trends, including  the \u2018lecture is dead\u2019, and there\u2019s maybe one person in ten writing on  this that even considers history, much less actually teaches in it.<\/p><p>And,  to be completely honest, as a World\/Asia specialist, I\u2019ve started just  skimming over the history pedagogy discussions that only involve US  history. I know, it\u2019s a lot to cover in two or three semesters, that  whole 300 years or so, with all those sources in English, and as much as  we complain about the lack of preparation on the part of our students,  at least they know *something*\u2026. It\u2019s all very well to talk about  \u2018uncoverage\u2019 (and most discussions of the coverage debate are  disengenous, at best, anway, because nobody really tries to cover  everything and we all make choices and skip stuff) when the basics of  the narrative are part of the dominant culture, reinforced constantly by  media and entertainment, but when most of what an incoming student  knows about the field is just wrong, you have to work in a more  integrated and cohesive manner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Seriously, if I have to sit through one more &#8220;uncoverage&#8221; discussion that sets up &#8220;teachers who thoughtlessly cover everything&#8221; as the strawman on &#8220;the other side&#8221; I&#8217;m going to go running into the night, or at least go back to the book exhibits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thoughtful discussion of teaching at USIH, I commented In addition to all the other qualifications and tensions around teaching, there are gaps between disciplines that are frequently ignored by both pedagogy \u201cexperts\u201d and administrators alike. 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