ERIC Number: EJ1447486
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-4800
EISSN: EISSN-1945-2993
Challenging Chronology: Social Learning in Teaching Arts and Humanities
Rebecca E. Burnett; Maria Eichmans Cochran
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, v35 n1 p57-67 2024
Chronology, widely used for teaching arts and humanities, marginalizes students' abilities to connect new knowledge to existing constructs. Building on the foundation provided by Etienne Wenger-Trayner and Beverly Wenger-Trayner (2020), we argue that using social learning in arts and humanities is more productive than chronology, with attention to three concerns: processes--students engage in social processes for learning; spaces--students expand their classroom environment to collaborative, community spaces; and objects--students connect with objects that reflect social conditions. Increased social awareness of and engagement in a broader culture encourage students to affect change.
Descriptors: Art Education, Humanities Instruction, Socialization, Power Structure, Disadvantaged, Academic Ability, Prior Learning, Social Influences, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Social Environment, Textbooks, Introductory Courses, Barriers, Taxonomy, Thinking Skills, Learning Strategies, Popular Culture
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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