Pulling the Next Ones Up: Encouraging the Study of Medieval Spanish, Challenges and Projects (A Roundtable and Working Group Discussion)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA); North American Catalan Society
Organizer Name
John August Bollweg
Organizer Affiliation
College of DuPage
Presider Name
Maureen Russo-Rodríguez
Presider Affiliation
Schreiner Univ.
Paper Title 1
Creating and Disseminating Materials for Undergraduate and High School Teaching
Presenter 1 Name
Sol Miguel-Prendes
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Wake Forest Univ.
Paper Title 2
Resources for Promoting Early Interest in the Iberian Middle Ages
Presenter 2 Name
Linde M. Brocato
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Memphis
Paper Title 3
Organizing a Workshop on Medieval Spanish Literature for High School Teachers
Presenter 3 Name
Matthew V. Desing
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Texas-El Paso
Paper Title 4
State Teaching Standards, College Curriculum, and Student Choice
Presenter 4 Name
Mark D. Johnston
Presenter 4 Affiliation
DePaul Univ.
Paper Title 5
Turning Teaching Materials into Research for Promotion
Presenter 5 Name
Gregory B. Kaplan
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville
Paper Title 6
La corónica's Project Muse Commons as a Venue for Collaboration and Development of Materials for Hispano-Medieval Studies
Presenter 6 Name
Isidro J. Rivera
Presenter 6 Affiliation
Univ. of Kansas
Paper Title 7
Response: Where To from Here? Next Steps and Innovations in Teaching Resources for Hispano-Medieval Studies
Presenter 7 Name
Maureen Russo-Rodríguez
Start Date
14-5-2016 10:00 AM
Session Location
Fetzer 2016
Description
In a 50th Congress session on "Medieval Iberian Studies in the Last Fifty Years", Sol Miguel-Prendes prompted substantial discussion when she asked from where future students and support for scholarship of medieval Spanish letters would come, given the relative scarcity of engaging pedagogical materials on medieval Iberia within undergraduate Spanish programs. Over the next days, several who had been attended the session responded by continuing discussions prompted by Miguel-Prendes' implicit challenge and beginning to develop ideas for online, anthology and writing projects to address the need to interest undergraduate students and young adults in medieval Spanish literature and culture. For this session, the North American Catalan Society (NACS) and the Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA) invites participants from the 50th Congress session and those who have begun relevant projects to participate in a roundtable & working group discussion to 1) review the state of the problem (e.g., perceived shortage of teaching materials), 2) report on projects already undertaken to address the issue, 3) explore obstacles or barriers (e.g., relevance to career advancement, anxiety about popularization), and 4) generate additional projects to encourage the interest of young adults and undergraduate students.
Pulling the Next Ones Up: Encouraging the Study of Medieval Spanish, Challenges and Projects (A Roundtable and Working Group Discussion)
Fetzer 2016
In a 50th Congress session on "Medieval Iberian Studies in the Last Fifty Years", Sol Miguel-Prendes prompted substantial discussion when she asked from where future students and support for scholarship of medieval Spanish letters would come, given the relative scarcity of engaging pedagogical materials on medieval Iberia within undergraduate Spanish programs. Over the next days, several who had been attended the session responded by continuing discussions prompted by Miguel-Prendes' implicit challenge and beginning to develop ideas for online, anthology and writing projects to address the need to interest undergraduate students and young adults in medieval Spanish literature and culture. For this session, the North American Catalan Society (NACS) and the Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA) invites participants from the 50th Congress session and those who have begun relevant projects to participate in a roundtable & working group discussion to 1) review the state of the problem (e.g., perceived shortage of teaching materials), 2) report on projects already undertaken to address the issue, 3) explore obstacles or barriers (e.g., relevance to career advancement, anxiety about popularization), and 4) generate additional projects to encourage the interest of young adults and undergraduate students.