Medievalists.net » Pedagogy http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Monochord in the Medieval and Modern Classrooms http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/10/the-monochord-in-the-medieval-and-modern-classrooms/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/10/the-monochord-in-the-medieval-and-modern-classrooms/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:16:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47489 The monochord was a standard feature of musical pedagogy in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the modern classroom, it allows our students to experience the pedagogical world of the medieval classroom, bringing a deeper reality to an otherwise abstract series of concepts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/10/the-monochord-in-the-medieval-and-modern-classrooms/feed/ 0 Are We Post-Queer? A Roundtable on the Present and Future of Queer Theory in Medieval Studies http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/14/are-we-post-queer-a-roundtable-on-the-present-and-future-of-queer-theory-in-medieval-studies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/14/are-we-post-queer-a-roundtable-on-the-present-and-future-of-queer-theory-in-medieval-studies/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 07:13:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41079 This was part of an excellent panel discussion on the future Queer Theory, pedagogy, gender and the cross over between Queer Studies and politics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/14/are-we-post-queer-a-roundtable-on-the-present-and-future-of-queer-theory-in-medieval-studies/feed/ 0 Gesturing in the Early Universities http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/gesturing-in-the-early-universities/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/gesturing-in-the-early-universities/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:53:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36432 A notable feature of research into the early universities is that it usually pays close attention to the oral and literary traditions that underpinned scholastic education. By focusing exclusively upon these logocentric traditions, however, the significance of the word (whether written or spoken) in late medieval pedagogy has often been over- emphasized. In this essay I wish to correct this perspective by investigating the use of gestures in early university education as a non-verbal means of communication.

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