ERIC Number: EJ1404059
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-2133
EISSN: EISSN-2153-6414
Latinx Health and Object-Based Learning: Moving Students of Spanish into Museums to Meet the 5Cs
López, Sylvia
Hispania, v106 n3 p347-353 2023
Employing a modified version of an exhibit template for course integration (Beckman 2012), Sylvia López designed museum projects for an elective Spanish course on health that is open to students at the high-intermediate level and above. The course's aims are manifold: to build students' vocabulary, to discuss cultural aspects affecting health, and to help students develop a series of transferable academic skills--collaboration, critical thinking, writing, information literacy, and presentation. To help fulfill these goals, the course culminates with a bilingual exhibit of anthropological artifacts or Hispanic art related to health and medicine. In this article, she shares the steps and assignments performed over fifteen-week semesters that allow students to research and discuss objects as they function as student curators. Her aim is to show how experiential learning through the integration of object-based learning (OBL) into classes, whether dealing exclusively with health or not, can help them meet the World-Readiness Standards or 5Cs: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities.
Descriptors: Females, Hispanic American Students, Bilingualism, Museums, Exhibits, Elective Courses, Spanish, Health Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Art, Medicine, Anthropology, Experiential Learning, Language Teachers, Standards, Assignments, Writing Assignments, Undergraduate Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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