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Publication Date

2013

Keywords

witchcraft, wicca education

Abstract

Perhaps nothing is more valued in the modern classroom than student engagement. Pedagogical strategies and exercises for encouraging active learning are both wide-ranging and plentiful. Among the most popular at present is Barnard College’s Reacting to the Past (RTTP) role-playing games: “Reacting to the Past (RTTP) consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. Class sessions are run entirely by students; instructors advise and guide students and grade their oral and written work. It seeks to draw students into the past, promote engagement with big ideas, and improve intellectual and academic skills.” RTTP’s presence in a growing number of college curricula and positive responses in the Chronicle of Higher Education and in sessions at professional conferences, including the most recent meeting of the American Historical Association, point to its significant impact.

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