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The Broken Community and the Notions of Ritual and Sacrifice in the Rebuilding of Classroom Culture in Taiwan (84439)
Session Chair: Sara Neswald
Sunday, 5 January 2025 12:05
Session: Session 2
Room: Room 317B
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Since the 2019 epidemic, classroom culture has shifted significantly. U1 and U2 students are less team-oriented, unable and unwilling to work together and are equally unable or unwilling to conduct in-depth research, either individually or in groups. Imbricated into these dynamics, the AI challenge has also emerged. Products such as ChatGPT further deteriorating students’ perceived need and desire to research or critically analyze any topic. A sample survey of professors and instructors in the Taipei area shows similar dynamics present across northern Taiwan universities: our post-COVID classrooms require fundamentally transformed classroom dynamics to address both the relationship needs and intellectual integrity in the face of AI and the post-COVID world. This study explores a multi-pronged approach to these intertwined issues, employing a combination of a) anthropological concepts (ritual, sacrifice) to sharpen students' understanding of their own behaviors, relationships and choices, b) three-tier group/independent-work to allow students to build on team-building and independent thinking; c) Deep Learning with Legos to help explore topics and establish a framework for a critical thinking project; and, intensive use of ChatGPT as a negative baseline tool to enhance fact-checking, research and critical thinking skills. Creative use of new methodologies is essential to allow both students and instructors to a) keep pace with AI in education; and, b) rebuild the broken relationship dynamics that were so integral to successful education in Taiwan in the past. This multi-pronged approach may allow students to move beyond the isolation that has so attenuated both educational relationships and academic integrity.
Authors:
Sara Neswald, Soochow University, Taiwan
About the Presenter(s)
Professor Sara Neswald is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Soochow University in Taiwan
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