Exploring Signature Pedagogies: Approaches to Teaching Disciplinary Habits of Mind

339 Pages·2008·1.19 MB·English

by  Anthony A. Ciccone

Edited by REGAN A. R. GURUNG,
NANCY L. CHICK, and AERON HAYNIE
Foreword by Anthony A. Ciccone
E X P L O R I N G
SIGNATURE
P E D A G O G I E S
Approaches to Teaching
Disciplinary Habits of Mind
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EXPLORING SIGNATURE PEDAGOGIES

EXPLORING SIGNATURE
PEDAGOGIES
Approaches to Teaching Disciplinary
Habits of Mind
Edited by
Regan A. R. Gurung, Nancy L. Chick,
and Aeron Haynie
Foreword by
Anthony A. Ciccone
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
FOREWORD xi
Anthony A. Ciccone
PREFACE xvii
.
1 FROM GENERIC TO SIGNATURE PEDAGOGIES 1
Teaching Disciplinary Understandings
Nancy L. Chick, Aeron Haynie, & Regan A. R. Gurung
SECTION ONE—HUMANITIES
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2 FROM LEARNING HISTORY TO DOING HISTORY 19
Beyond the Coverage Model
Joel M. Sipress and David J. Voelker
.
3 UNPACKING A SIGNATURE PEDAGOGY IN LITERARY STUDIES 36
Nancy L. Chick
SECTION TWO—FINE ARTS
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4 VISION AND RE-VISION IN CREATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGY 59
Rebecca Meacham
.
5 THEORY AND PRACTICE 81
Signature Pedagogies in Music Theory and Performance
GaryDon, Christa Garvey, and Mitra Sadeghpour
.
6 CRITIQUE AS SIGNATURE PEDAGOGY IN THE ARTS 99
Helen Klebesadel and Lisa Kornetsky
SECTION THREE—SOCIAL SCIENCES
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7 MOVING TOWARD A SIGNATURE PEDAGOGY IN GEOGRAPHY 121
A Close Reading of the Landscape
CaryKomoto
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8
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE “INTERDISCIPLINARY
DISCIPLINE” OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 139
Denise S. Bartell and Kristin M. Vespia
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DEVELOPING HABITS OF THE MIND, HAND, AND HEART
IN PSYCHOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES 161
Blaine F. Peden and Carmen R. Wilson VanVoorhis
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10 SIGNATURE PEDAGOGY AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION 183
A Critical Assessment
Eri Fujieda
SECTION FOUR—NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
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11 SIGNATURE PEDAGOGY IN AGRICULTURE 207
Animal and Dairy Sciences
Michel A. Wattiaux
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12
THE EVOLUTION OF SCIENTIFIC TEACHING WITHIN
THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 224
Angela Bauer-Dantoin
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13
SIGNATURE PEDAGOGIES AND SOTL PRACTICES
IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 244
Diane Christie
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14 MATHEMATICAL REASONING 260
Challenging Students’ Beliefs about Mathematics
Kathryn Ernie, Rebecca LeDocq, Sherrie Serros, and Simei Tong
.
15 SIGNATURE PEDAGOGIES IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS 280
MarkJ. Lattery
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 295
INDEX 303
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We extend our deepest gratitude to Lisa Kornetsky, Donna Silver,
and their staff at the University of Wisconsin System’s Office of
Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) for work-
ing tirelessly to foster faculty development across the UW System and across
the nation (as part of the Carnegie Leadership Cluster). We all thank Jane
Ewens and Tony Ciccone for their advice and leadership as directors of the
UW System Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Programs (respec-
tively), especially because the three editors of this book met when they were
Wisconsin Teaching Fellows together. We would also like to thank the schol-
ars who contributed their works to this text and who put up with our
demanding schedule and editorial suggestions. Without their experience as
educators, their passion for the topics, and their perseverance through the
editorial and publishing process, we would not have this wonderful product
to offer teachers across the disciplines. Special thanks go to John von
Knorring, President and Publisher of Stylus Publishing, and his staff for mak-
ing this project a reality, and to our spouses, families, and friends for helping
us keep our sanity. They mostly succeeded.
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