rickmahaffey@COMCAST.NET on mon 23 apr 12
I looked at the reading list for St. John's College, and thought it was pre=
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tty good as far as it goes.=3D20
It is quite (totally) Eurocentric.=3DC2=3DA0 I would add some reading from =
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r cultures, perhaps from China, Japan, certainly 1491 and 1493 , =3DC2=3DA0=
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or=3DC2=3DA0The history of the painter's pallete , =3DC2=3DA0and something =
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ht from folks native to the western hemisphere and more.=3DC2=3DA0 There ar=
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re ways of being in and thinking in the world than the one in the reading l=
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ist.=3D20
Was it Descartes who said: " I think therefor I am"?=3DC2=3DA0 According to=
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fuscious if one has to think about something one does not truly know it.=3D=
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At Tacoma Community Colllege we are working on UDL:=3DC2=3DA0 Universal Des=
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for Learning.=3DC2=3DA0 We try to deliver the information in multiple ways =
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hat students with different learning styles have a chance to learn in a way=
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that suits them.=3DC2=3DA0 I show powerpoints in my Art Appreciation class=
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long with videos.=3DC2=3DA0 I show the powerpoints and videos first then le=
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e on the topics.=3DC2=3DA0 The students seem to get more information that w=
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s they have a "Big Picture" to anchor the information to and some idea of t=
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he look of the things I am talking about.=3D20
In my ceramics classes I don't show videos very often, only to add informat=
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ion about other culture's ways of working in clay or some specific topic de=
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aling with a project that we are working on.=3DC2=3DA0 I encourage students=
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use youtube and check out ceramic videos in our college library and from th=
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e Clay Club library in our classroom.=3D20
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Rick Mahaffey
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