Learning a practice versus learning to be a practitioner: teaching archaeology in an honors context.(Innovative Honors Courses)

From: Honors in Practice | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

This paper is a case study in teaching archaeology as part of an honors curriculum. It uses the example of one course, The Legacy of Ancient Technology, and the general goals of an honors program to examine how discipline-specific knowledge can be taught to non-majors. This paper explores the differences between students learning about a field of study versus those learning to become practitioners in a discipline. It posits that courses can be successfully built from a disciplinary foundation and still serve a diverse body of honors students when seminars focus on ...

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