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[ecrea] Call for Chapters: The Anthropology of Teaching and Pedagogy
Thu Jun 10 21:15:05 GMT 2010
>Call for Chapter Proposals
>
>On Teaching Anthropology: Philosophy, Purpose, and Pedagogy.
>
>Anthropology lags behind other social science fields in developing a
>significant body of research on the pedagogy of our discipline.
>There is no anthropological equivalent of the journals Teaching
>Sociology, Teaching Geography, or Teaching of Psychology, all of
>which offer research-based discussions of the philosophy, methods,
>and content of teaching and learning in their respective
>disciplines. The journal Anthropology and Education Quarterly does
>include such discussions occasionally; however, its central focus is
>the anthropology of education as a distinct sub-field.
>
>Rice and McCurdy's highly-successful book series on Strategies in
>Teaching Anthropology demonstrates the demand for practical advice
>on teaching. The collections offer a compendium of exercises and
>tips on how to tackle particular issues, drawn from contributors'
>personal experience in the classroom, and is widely used and
>appreciated. However, we believe that now is the time to develop a
>mature body of research that critically examines: 1) how
>anthropology is and should be taught at the college level, and 2)
>explores what the distinct perspective of anthropology brings to the
>teaching of particular concepts and topics.
>
>Thus we are planning an edited volume that, for the first time, will
>bring together systematic research studies of anthropological
>pedagogy. Our goal is to define the teaching of anthropology as a
>legitimate research endeavor in its own right, as well as to offer
>evidence-based, practical assistance to anthropology faculty members.
>
>An academic publisher has expressed interest in such a volume, and
>we have been invited to submit a full proposal. Now we would like to
>hear from anyone interested in participating. At this point, we are
>inviting potential contributors to submit either:
>
>*A title and 500-word abstract, describing your proposed chapter,
>and the research questions and methodology you will be using
>Or:
>*A complete paper. Although we plan that most chapters will be
>original, we are also willing to consider previously-published
>pieces (possibly revised) if there is an especially good fit.
>
>We are interested in work addressing all sub-fields of anthropology,
>and that address teaching in any post-secondary context, whether
>undergraduate or graduate. The research questions that might be
>explored are many, and we are open to any and all suggestions. Some
>that seem pertinent include:
>
>*Anthropology's place in general education curricula. In countless
>colleges and universities, anthropology courses are central,
>especially in fulfilling such criteria as "cultural diversity" or
>"multi-cultural perspectives, and most recently, "global competence"
>or "global literacy." What do we know about the intentions of
>anthropologists in developing courses for general education? What do
>students take from such courses?
>
>*In many institutions, there is increasing pressure to offer classes
>online. How does online teaching and learning in anthropology differ
>from traditional classroom-based experiences? Who teaches online and why?
>
>*How has the new digital media environment impacted anthropological teaching?
>
>*How do such experiences as study abroad programs, field schools,
>internships, or other non-classroom-based programs contribute to
>effective anthropological learning?
>
>*What are some of the key concepts that undergird the teaching of
>anthropology (e.g. cultural relativism, understandings of race,
>gender roles, evolutionary theory etc.), and how do we theorize and
>apply them in teaching?
>
>*What do we know about the training of graduate students in
>teaching? What approaches are effective, and how systematic is such training?
>
>*What do we know about the anthropological professoriate? How is
>teaching evaluated in tenure and promotion?
>
>*What attracts students to anthropology? As a choice of major, what
>does anthropology offer over other subjects, from the student point
>of view? Do popular depictions of anthropologically-related topics
>(e.g. Indiana Jones, CSI etc.) play into student interest?
>
>*What do we know about the effectiveness of anthropological
>pedagogy? How do we assess student learning in anthropology? What
>efforts have been made to assess learning in anthropology at course,
>program, and/or discipline/national levels?
>
>*What innovations or lack thereof have there been in undergraduate
>anthropology programs? What trends are there at the program level?
>Do applied programs differ from more "traditional" programs? If so,
>in what ways?
>
>*What are the current trends/innovations in graduate anthropology programs?
>
>*What are the distinct contributions of community colleges?
>
>*What is the rationale for the content of textbooks? Who decides the
>content, and how/why?
>
>We see this volume becoming a key resource that will establish
>anthropological pedagogy as a field of scholarly research, and will
>offer those teaching anthropology a source book of sound scholarship
>across all sub-fields of our discipline.
>Please send abstracts/papers as soon as possible, and no later than
>Sept. 30, 2010 to either Elizabeth Bird ((ebird /at/ usf.edu)<mailto:(ebird /at/ usf.edu)>)
>or Karla Davis-Salazar (karladavis /at/ usf.edu)<mailto:(karladavis /at/ usf.edu)>
>both Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida.
>
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