1 8 2 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/357f2265ba7e54fedd1d4e8f8c427710.pdf e7b48da84ebcf6cc02f3f8fa98d86fe8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism in the Classroom Description An account of the resource This Collection traces the development of academic medievalism in Australiaâ€™s universities, and explores the disciplineâ€™s complex ideological affiliations. In this Collection you will find items relating to: the medievalist content of educational programmes, such as examples of university unit outlines; the teaching of the medieval through processes of medievalism, such as in demonstrations of medieval cooking or fighting techniques; and references to the medieval in modern educational debates and contexts. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71688335" target="_self">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71688335</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘Lecturer says our Universities are still “Mediaeval”’, The Argus, 7 January 1955 Subject The topic of the resource authority, classroom, education, lecturer, lecturing, pedagogy, specialist, teacher, teaching, teaching methods, university, W. A. Townsley. Description An account of the resource This article from The Argus in 1955 quotes Mr W. A. Townsley, a lecturer in Political Science, on the outlook of Australian Universities as ‘still mediaeval’. Criticising lecturing on the reasoning that it turns out ‘poorly educated, highly technical specialists’ instead of critical thinkers, Townsley negatively invokes the medieval period to explain the continued use of lecturing as the principal method of university teaching. This, he suggests, is ‘a hangover from medieval times when only very few people were educated’. Implied in this statement is a sense that the medieval period is ‘backwards’ or reactionary, and that progress requires a move away from medieval ideas about, and methods of, teaching. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anon Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived TROVE: National Library of Australia, <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71688335" target="_self">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71688335</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Argus Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7 January 1955, p.8 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Expired Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Article authority classroom education lecturer lecturing pedagogy specialist teacher teaching teaching methods university W. A. Townsley https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/2e87df06b7abb10230a37acf95985dc6.pdf c382ccf1231fc0c318b472a5e46d58aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism in the Classroom Description An account of the resource This Collection traces the development of academic medievalism in Australiaâ€™s universities, and explores the disciplineâ€™s complex ideological affiliations. In this Collection you will find items relating to: the medievalist content of educational programmes, such as examples of university unit outlines; the teaching of the medieval through processes of medievalism, such as in demonstrations of medieval cooking or fighting techniques; and references to the medieval in modern educational debates and contexts. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper article; PDF <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32367278" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32367278</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lecture System Subject The topic of the resource book, books, Economics, English, History, lecture, lecturing, note-taking, medieval origins, Philosophy printing, professors, reading, Shakespeare, student learning, teaching, teaching methods, University, university origins, university examination, university teaching, class, education Description An account of the resource Weighing in on a wider printed debate about the cost and value of university teaching, the author of this article takes issue with the prevailing focus on lectures as the principal delivery mode for teaching in universities. He associates the development of lecturing with the medieval origins of universities and the need to disseminate knowledge before the invention of print. Following â€˜the book ageâ€™, however, the author suggests that lectures are redundant and superfluous. Rather than guiding students in their wider learning as intended, he argues, lectures have the opposite effect in that students regarded them as an adequate alternative to reading. In an age where books are accessible and the ability to read almost universal, he recommends that the teaching of subjects such as English, History, Economics and Philosophy should instead be based on independent student reading followed by class discussion. This would also have the effect of allowing professors more time to conduct research instead of preparing lectures. â€œIn the tenacity with which they [universities] still adhere to the propagation of knowledge by lecturesâ€, the author chides, â€œthere is something peculiarly medievalâ€. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource â€œDiogenes Mactubâ€ Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Library of Australia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The West Australian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8 August 1931, p. 4 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The West Australian Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Article; PDF Language A language of the resource English book books class Economics education English history lecture lecturing medieval origins note-taking Philosophy printing professors reading Shakespeare student learning teaching teaching methods university university examination university origins university teaching