tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post6821625550082294675..comments2023-10-08T18:03:59.871+02:00Comments on thinking with my fingers: When teaching worksTorillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428251841060676279noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-41518467838761698532012-01-18T07:41:38.266+01:002012-01-18T07:41:38.266+01:00Hello Peter, I suspect the situation was pretty di...Hello Peter, I suspect the situation was pretty different from your teaching, at many levels.<br /><br />These are master's students, it's a 7,5 points class (out of 30), and there are between 60-80 students in the class. I don't check if they are all there all the time, but regularly there are about 50 present. The topic is digital rhetoric, and I am doing the same class again this Torillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428251841060676279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-67291601981253109112012-01-17T17:47:29.782+01:002012-01-17T17:47:29.782+01:00Well, congratulations! Sounds like a positive teac...Well, congratulations! Sounds like a positive teaching experience. Having good students help, but you're also doing something right.<br /><br />I'm a little curious--how big was your class? At what level? What's the topic? Are you teaching the same class now?<br /><br />My experience here (US) is very different. I teach typically one low-level UG class (20 students), one graduate (6 Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10226029855147762913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-61118207811036180022012-01-16T21:18:58.075+01:002012-01-16T21:18:58.075+01:00No, not really. I have based it on the experience ...No, not really. I have based it on the experience I have gathered over the years, endless repetition, a lecture I wrote dedicated to how to use the theory for analysis, and on making them give feedback to each others through opposition. Very little other references, mainly very clear emphasis on how I want their papers to look, and why.Torillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428251841060676279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-27275157409962519092012-01-16T19:24:21.861+01:002012-01-16T19:24:21.861+01:00Hooray! I want to focus on structure and so on thi...Hooray! I want to focus on structure and so on this semester - do you have any good references I should use, or send students to?Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708193382458741745noreply@blogger.com