Tonight, in my Preparing Future Professoriate class, a student mentioned that some students were in communication with the authors of their textbook. She said that the authors were welcoming comments from their student readers (such as what they (dis)agreed with, needed clarification on, etc.). I thought that that was fascinating, and immediately wondered to myself why that wasn't a more common practice. Surely, textbook authors do not want to have to personally address thousands of students around the world regarding their insights on a textbook. However, I wonder what type knowledge could be created by intergenerational, international, intercultural, interdisciplinary conversations about various academic texts, in which learners and educators have constructive dialogue, and textbook authors chime in every now and then.
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GEDI BLOGI am taking a Contemporary Pedagogy, a Graduate Education Development Institute (GEDI) course towards the Preparing Future Professoriate (PFP) certificate. In this section of my blog, I will be posting about topics related to innovation in teaching and learning. Archives
April 2015
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