Lecturer(s)

Marien Baerveldt

Entry requirements 

For 2^nd or 3^rd year honours students only. 

Recommended prior knowledge

None.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course as a student you are able:

• To read and engage with literature on critical pedagogy
• To reflect upon ones own learning experiences and a ‘hidden curriculum’ in- and outside university
• To design your own learning plan
• To execute a personal self-designed learning event
• To (co-)design and (co-)host a learning activity for peers
• To connect critical pedagogy theory and personal experience

Content

Welcome to The Hidden Curriculum,

The aim of this course is to ‘unflatten’ the way you look at learning and enable you to take more initiative in your own learning activities.

During our time together we will discover what the ’hidden curriculum’ within and outside the university are. We’ll focus on what the ruts are that we move in, what these mean for how and what we learn and how we could go beyond them?

As a tribe we will read literature on critical pedagogy and engage in dialogue with guest speakers to broaden our concepts of learning. With fellow students you will investigate your learning edges, gather real-life experiences and get a fresh perspective on what learning looks like and how to turn what we want to learn into a project.

You are invited to bring your full selves to this course and take your learning outside the traditional classroom setting. Among other things you will:

• Read an academic comic that critiques the value of text over images Unflattening by Nick Sousanis.
• Explore your own learning desires and imagine a future learning journey around those.
• Step into personal learning activities.
• Open up your ways of thinking and communicating with workshops (such as) Theatre of the Oppressed and Visual Thinking workshop.
• Engage in deep dialogue with guest speakers and each other.
• Facilitate learning activities for your peers and others.
• Write weekly reflections and a final essay.
• Cultivate a self-directed learners mindset within a learning community.

Welcome to join our learning tribe!

Marien Baerveldt

Convener of The Hidden Curriculum 2019

Class contents

• Seminars
• Fieldwork / Excursion
• Presentation / Symposium
• Selfstudy
• Work independently on project / thesis
• Guidance / Feedback moment
• Workshops

Assessment:

• Active participation
• Student led workshop (in groups)
• Personal learning plan
• Essay

Min/max participants

max.25

Schedule

Check Datanose for the exact information.

Study material

• For literature we’ll be using Unflattening by Nick Sousanis (ISBN 9780674744431).
• Next to that we’ll use The Wayfinder Journal by Open Masters (Available in class for special student price of 15€).

You will deeply engage with other literature too depending on the topics of your learning activity (student led workshop) and might be asked to prepare some readings for other workshops too.

Start with a term, concept or question.

• Theory of Inquiry
• The Hidden Curriculum
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed
• Boundary Crossing (Akkerman)
• Agential Realism (Karen Barad)
• Self Determination Theory
• Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man
• Dwelling: to journey along a way of life (Tim Ingold)
• The Beautiful risk of education (Biestra)
• Democracy and education (Dewey)

Registration

Registration is possible for 2nd year (of higher) students participating in an Honours programme from 7 December 2018 10.00 till 11 December 2018 23.00 through the online registration form that will appear on Honoursmodules IIS.

Placement will be at random. If there are still spots open after the application deadline, students will still be able to register.

For questions: please contact Honours-iis@uva.nl