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Exhibition Explorer Card Deck: Experiential Learning for Rhetorical and Critical Thinking
Special Collections Instruction Workshop for Rhetorical Arts
(2019)
Description
Through extensive collaboration, Rhetorical Arts Instructor Laura Poladian and Special Collections Instruction Librarian Rachel Wen-Paloutzian have created and incorporated this Exhibition Explorer Card Deck into instruction sessions for Rhetorical Arts students in the William H. Hannon Library’s Department of Archives and Special Collections at Loyola Marymount University. This Exhibition Explorer Card Deck is designed to guide students to experience close viewing of special collections materials through explicit steps for thinking rhetorically and critically in an exhibit space. The Exhibition Explorer Deck consists of eight cards, including one card with basic instruction on how to use the deck, five cards asking students to answer specific questions about the exhibit, and two cards with short activities to promote mindfulness as students move through the exhibit space. Each card is double-sided with an activity title on one side and questions/activities on reverse. This exhibition exercise can take place complementary to or independent of hands-on instruction sessions in departments of archives and special collections. Also, it is adaptable to use in various kinds of exhibitions in libraries, museums, and other learning spaces.
Keywords
- special collections; exhibition; active learning
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 2019
Citation Information
Rachel Wen-Paloutzian. "Exhibition Explorer Card Deck: Experiential Learning for Rhetorical and Critical Thinking" Special Collections Instruction Workshop for Rhetorical Arts (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rachel-wen-paloutzian/17/
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