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Teaching Anthropological Perspectives in the Study of Religion
Proposal abstract :
This workshop aims to improve the pedagogical practices of collegiate faculty in religion. Primarily, it aims to enhance anthropological approaches to the study of religion in the classroom, with particular attention to undergraduate students. The goal of this workshop is to supplement strategies in how to teach anthropological material in the study of religion (from Clifford Geertz to Talal Asad) without becoming overly dogmatic: that is, how instructors can teach it while also engaging useful critiques and/or complementary views on the relevant approaches. The first day of the workshop will focus on syllabus discussion through an overview of arguments to be discussed and topics to be covered in given classes on the anthropology of religion. The second day will focus on specific in-class strategies for learning comprehension among undergraduate students from different—private and public—institutional backgrounds.
Learning Abstract :
This workshop aims to discuss anthropological approaches to the study of religion in the classroom, with particular attention to undergraduate students. The goal of this workshop is to examine pedagogical strategies in how to teach anthropological material in the study of religion (from Clifford Geertz to Talal Asad) without becoming overly dogmatic: that is, how instructors can teach it while also engaging useful critiques and/or complementary views on the relevant approaches. The first day of the workshop will focus on syllabus discussion through an overview of arguments to be discussed and topics to be covered in given classes on the anthropology of religion. The second day will focus on specific in-class strategies for learning comprehension among undergraduate students from different—private and public—institutional backgrounds.
This workshop aims to improve the pedagogical practices of collegiate faculty in religion. Primarily, it aims to enhance anthropological approaches to the study of religion in the classroom, with particular attention to undergraduate students. The goal of this workshop is to supplement strategies in how to teach anthropological material in the study of religion (from Clifford Geertz to Talal Asad) without becoming overly dogmatic: that is, how instructors can teach it while also engaging useful critiques and/or complementary views on the relevant approaches. The first day of the workshop will focus on syllabus discussion through an overview of arguments to be discussed and topics to be covered in given classes on the anthropology of religion. The second day will focus on specific in-class strategies for learning comprehension among undergraduate students from different—private and public—institutional backgrounds.
Learning Abstract :
This workshop aims to discuss anthropological approaches to the study of religion in the classroom, with particular attention to undergraduate students. The goal of this workshop is to examine pedagogical strategies in how to teach anthropological material in the study of religion (from Clifford Geertz to Talal Asad) without becoming overly dogmatic: that is, how instructors can teach it while also engaging useful critiques and/or complementary views on the relevant approaches. The first day of the workshop will focus on syllabus discussion through an overview of arguments to be discussed and topics to be covered in given classes on the anthropology of religion. The second day will focus on specific in-class strategies for learning comprehension among undergraduate students from different—private and public—institutional backgrounds.