A Recipe for Success, or for Assignment Starvation?
When Students Wanted an Assignment Outline, What I Gave Instead, and What Happened Next
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.33617Keywords:
Anthropology of Religion, University teaching, writing assignments, recipesAbstract
This article is about teaching fieldwork-based analytical writing, using a recipe. It comes out of my unease with some traditional forms of university pedagogy, and is part of a larger story of how I used food and foodways materially and epistemically in a second-year course. Here, I focus on how and why I adapted a part of my course mid-stream in response to student needs, by responding to student requests for an assignment handout with a recipe for writing.
References
Bielo, James. 2015. Anthropology of Religion: The Basics. London: Routledge
Bigler, Rebecca S., and Campbell Leaper. 2015. “Gendered Language: Psychological Principles, Evolving Practices, and Inclusive Policies.” Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2 (1): 187–94.
Brunosson, Albina, Göran Brante, Hanna Sepp, and Ylva Mattsson Sydner. 2014. “To Use a Recipe—Not a Piece of Cake. Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities’ Use of Recipes in Home Economics.” International Journal of Consumer Studies 38 (4): 412–18.. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12109.
Freire, Paulo. 2000. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum.
hooks, bell. 1994. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge.
———. 2003. Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope. New York: Routledge. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016929.html.
———. 2010. Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. New York: Routledge.
Nilson, Linda Burzotta. 2010. Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. San Franciso: Jossey-Bass.
Pratt, Mary Louise. 1999. “Arts of the Contact Zone.” In Ways of Reading, edited by David Bartholomae and Anthony Petroksky, 582-–95. New York: Bedford/ St. Martin’s.
Bigler, Rebecca S., and Campbell Leaper. 2015. “Gendered Language: Psychological Principles, Evolving Practices, and Inclusive Policies.” Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2 (1): 187–94.
Brunosson, Albina, Göran Brante, Hanna Sepp, and Ylva Mattsson Sydner. 2014. “To Use a Recipe—Not a Piece of Cake. Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities’ Use of Recipes in Home Economics.” International Journal of Consumer Studies 38 (4): 412–18.. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12109.
Freire, Paulo. 2000. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum.
hooks, bell. 1994. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge.
———. 2003. Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope. New York: Routledge. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016929.html.
———. 2010. Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. New York: Routledge.
Nilson, Linda Burzotta. 2010. Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. San Franciso: Jossey-Bass.
Pratt, Mary Louise. 1999. “Arts of the Contact Zone.” In Ways of Reading, edited by David Bartholomae and Anthony Petroksky, 582-–95. New York: Bedford/ St. Martin’s.
Published
2017-07-04
Issue
Section
Articles
How to Cite
Mulhern, A. (2017). A Recipe for Success, or for Assignment Starvation? When Students Wanted an Assignment Outline, What I Gave Instead, and What Happened Next. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 46(2), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.33617
