This is Sparta...? An experimental teaching project on Sparta at war
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https://doi.org/10.34024/herodoto.2021.v6.13797Keywords:
Teaching Spartan history, Teaching strategies, Student feedbackAbstract
This article describes a teaching proposal developed for bachelor-level students enrolled in a course on ancient Sparta totalling 30 hours. An introduction to the teaching of ancient Sparta and the difficulties it poses in terms of didactics (section 2) is followed by a section illustrating the chosen teaching method, i.e. co-teaching with specialists on the subject, in the form of a series of three webinars lasting two hours each, forming part of the larger course (section 3). This is followed by a section (4) describing the specific teaching strategies adopted during supporting workshops, namely peer-to-peer activities, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), and flipped classroom, then a further section (5) focussing on the consolidation strategies. The article concludes with a focus on student feedback and a provisional assessment (6).
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