{"id":830,"date":"2015-02-19T12:51:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edst403\/?p=830"},"modified":"2016-12-18T10:44:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T17:44:57","slug":"poetic-summaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/edst403\/2015\/02\/19\/poetic-summaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetic summaries (February 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank-you to Nicola Simmons, PhD, who demonstrated this activity during a workshop.\u00a0 She published a piece on this technique in the 2008 Summer Newsletter of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education<\/a> (see page 6).\u00a0 I adapted it as follows:<\/p>\n

1. On your own, re-read the section(s) you read prior to coming to class and find two or three short phrases that identify the essence<\/span> of that sub-section or that were particularly compelling<\/span> to read. (4-5 minutes)<\/p>\n

2. Form a group of 3-4 people (max) with others who read the same sub-sections as you did (embodied knowledge, indigenous ways of knowing, intuition).<\/p>\n

3. Read your phrases aloud to each other. Why were you drawn to these? (5-6 minutes)<\/p>\n

4. From among all the phrases you heard, choose up to five and list them in any order on the flipchart (5 minutes)<\/p>\n

5. You will share your poem out loud. Your poem will be unique and will capture the essence of the section you read.<\/p>\n

Below are some images of the poetic summaries created by students in EDST403\/105 (2015)<\/p>\n