{"id":829,"date":"2016-07-26T00:47:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/?p=829"},"modified":"2016-08-10T00:35:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T22:35:40","slug":"sharing-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/sharing-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When referring to the learning happening in their classes, L2 and L3 continuously talk about &#8220;sharing knowledge&#8221; or &#8220;sharing information&#8221; (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201c(My classes are) more about a group of people coming together and sharing some information.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/02\/28\/interview-with-l2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with L2<\/a><\/span> &amp; <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cAnd the idea of sharing and being interactive and relating to your students is really important.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/06\/interview-with-l3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with L3<\/a><\/span>). Their classes are very interactive and require a high level of &#8220;in-class participation&#8221;, as S3 describes it (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cI was just getting more \u2026 in-class participation\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/04\/03\/interview-with-s3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S3<\/a><\/span>). This becomes most apparent in the tutorial of Class 2 in which &#8220;the students are asked to work as interactively with the class and be as creative as possible.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-2-tutorial-27082015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 2: Tutorial 27\/08\/2015<\/a>). But L2 also actively engages the students in her tutorial, for example by making them &#8220;guess the meaning&#8221; of Aboriginal English words (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-03092015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 03\/09\/2015<\/a>). This interaction between students and teachers is described by all three students as a conversation rather than a one-directional, up-front lecturing (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cAnd she doesn\u00b4t really talk at us. She:: holds conversations with us.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/15\/interview-with-s1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S1<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cI felt like it was more conversation in this class rather than just learning everything\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/04\/03\/interview-with-s3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S3<\/a><\/span> &amp; <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cThey do it in a more conversational way rather than just the lecturing at you way.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/21\/interview-with-s2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S2<\/a><\/span>) and makes S1 &#8220;feel <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/positive-learning-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\">more comfortable<\/a>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/15\/interview-with-s1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In this participation and conversation, the students of both classes are given the opportunity to utter their own input and ideas. On the one hand, the tutors regularly ask students to discuss and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\">reflect<\/a> on various issues (e.g. <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cThis makes her think about what a \u201cgreat teacher\u201d should be like and she starts discussing this question with the class.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-03092015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 03\/09\/2015<\/a><\/span> &amp; <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201casks us to discuss them in groups.\u201d \"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-2-tutorial-03092015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 2: Tutorial 03\/09\/2015<\/a><\/span>) and offer room for questions and comments after every student presentation (e.g. <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cAfter the first presentation is over, L2 asks the students in the class whether anyone has any comments or questions.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-23112015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 29\/10\/2015<\/a><\/span>). In L2&#8217;s opinion, flexibility is needed for this (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"&quot;it may mean that students don\u2019t have time to e:hm &lt;span title=&quot;&quot;&gt;express their thoughts and ideas&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;tooltips &quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;...&lt;\/span&gt; that ehm it doesn\u2019t allow for that &lt;span title=&quot;&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;\/span&gt; to happen.&quot;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/02\/28\/interview-with-l2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with L2<\/a><\/span>). On the other hand, students are also welcomed to &#8220;share their opinion&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-2-tutorial-27082015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 2: Tutorial 27\/08\/2015<\/a>) and even make suggestions for solutions during the lecture of Class 1 (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cA different student then adds an idea to this on which L1 comments.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/02\/28\/class-1-lecture-27102015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Lecture 27\/10\/2015<\/a><\/span>). When listening to someone&#8217;s lived experience or world view, be it the tutor&#8217;s or a student&#8217;s, L3 wants the audience not to be passive but rather to actively &#8220;engage&#8221; with what is presented to them (e.g. <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cI attempted to bring in the international students into our learning sometimes and draw on your experiences in your home wor- your home () your home lives into the classroom. Ehm hopefully engage you in the classroom.&quot;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/06\/interview-with-l3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with L3<\/a><\/span>). Thus, he is also &#8220;trying to engage with their lives and their experiences in [his] learning practice&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/06\/interview-with-l3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with L3<\/a>) and is thus establishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\">relationship<\/a> between the parties.<\/p>\n<p>As the lecturers and tutors are not the only ones who share information and stories with the class, the knowledge transmission is not limited to the students learning from the teachers. L2, for example, repeatedly states that she &#8220;learn[s] so much from the students (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/02\/28\/interview-with-l2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with L2<\/a>) because she herself will &#8220;always be a student&#8221; (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cI love it because I\u00b4ll always be a student and I love learning from the other students.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/02\/28\/interview-with-l2\/\">Interview with L2<\/a><\/span>). <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/peers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Admitting that their own knowledge is limited<\/a>, L2 and L3 both also ask the students for help if they cannot remember a detail or are not sure about an issue (e.g.\u00a0<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cAfterwards she asks whether it is still true that pupils in primary and high school only learn about British history and bushrangers. The Australian students of the class agree.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-27082015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 27\/08\/2015<\/a><\/span> &amp; <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cThroughout the lecture he often asks the students whether they remember a certain detail and sometimes gets help from one of them.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-2-lecture-29112015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 2: Lecture 29\/10\/2015<\/a><\/span>). These questions do not function to test the students&#8217; knowledge but are genuine. Due to the student presentations but also through comments made by students, S1 thinks that the students &#8220;teach each other in a way&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/15\/interview-with-s1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S1<\/a>). Furthermore, she explains that other students&#8217; inquiries about her own background have encouraged her to do <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/encouragement-of-further-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\">further<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/independent-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\">independent research<\/a> (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cAnd in their fascination, their questions forced me to find the answers ehm from my family, my mother or even like research it online.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/15\/interview-with-s1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S1<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of all quotes relating to sharing knowledge, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/27\/quotes-for-sharing-knowledge\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To get to the overview over all categories and further explanations, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/categories\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When referring to the learning happening in their classes, L2 and L3 continuously talk about &#8220;sharing knowledge&#8221; or &#8220;sharing information&#8221; ( &amp; ). Their classes are very interactive and require a high level of &#8220;in-class participation&#8221;, as S3 describes it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/sharing-knowledge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2625,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[345399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concepts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2625"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}