The
Quilt Used as a Metaphor in Education
We search for ways to imaginatively present our
educational programs. The tradition of quilting in American seems to provide a
rich vocabulary for making comparisons to educational activities and this
unique art form. The following web sites provide some interesting ways that
educators have use the theme of quilting to piece their ideas together in a
colorful tapestry.
The
Me Quilt Lesson Plan
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Fountain/2131/mequilt.html
Northwest Regional Lab
Quilt:
Metaphor for collaboration
http://www.nwrel.org/cfc/frc/collabcomm6.html
Quilt
as Metaphor, Quilt as Reality: A Tool for Addressing Interdisciplinary Learning
and Issues of Diversity in the Classroom
http://www.iusb.edu/~quilts/
"Piecing
Together Lives: Joining Threads of Community" and encouraged to consider
ways in which their own teaching, service, and research can contribute to this
campus-wide project. To help participants begin this process, they will
experience a hands-on quilt making activity and discussion that will model ways
in which the metaphor of the quilt can be used to facilitate interdisciplinary
learning activities and address issues of diversity in the classroom.”
A
Patched Quilt: Teaching/learning & technology in Appal. OH
Leslie
Farley-Sheets
University
of Rio Grande & The Ohio State University
lsheets@rio.edu
"Like
patches pieced together on an Appalachian quilt, the problem of understanding
the digital divide issue in Appalachian higher education is a colorful, complex
and multi-textural pattern rich in history and tradition. This pattern explores
the unique barriers that exist between virtual connections and actual presence
within tele-communicated curricula in Appalachia, and the factors, or
"patches" that contribute to the efficacious adoption of technology into
the teaching and learning practices of higher education communities."
http://diac.cpsr.org/cgi-bin/diac02/pattern.cgi/public?pattern_id=62
Weaving
a National Map, social studies project
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309087473/html/R1.html
"The Quilt Model"
"Faculty
members use the quilt, an art form that is a natural part of Indiana history
and culture, to express the four core values. The quilt hangs as a reminder to
all in the entrance of the College of Education office. The transformation from our 1992 model to our new model,
which the COE faculty have named "The Quilt Model," can be seen electronically in
our Exhibit Room as well as being viewed on the COE NCATE Web page.”
http://www.butler.edu/educ/NCATE/Quilt.html
The Quilting Bee: A Research Metaphor
Research and Amish quilting
http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-4/sommers.html
Quilt:
Quality In Learning and Teaching
http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/e-showcase/0-734-02672-2.html
