Pedagogy Research Survey
Wesleyan Senior Researches Classics Pedagogy in Connecticut
Working with Professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Wesleyan senior Catherine Kiall is currently researching Latin pedagogy in the US. Ms. Kiall is examining topics like the justifications offered for studying Latin, the changes in textbooks, and the place of Latin in high school HS curricula. She is seeking input from current Latin Latin teachers and students about their experiences. If you would like to contribute to her research, please answer (or ask your students to answer) the questions below and send responses to ckiall@wesleyan.edu . Thanks so much for helping a young classicist!
Questions for Teachers
1.Do you work at a public or private school?
2. What levels of Latin does your school offer and which do you teach?
3. Which textbook or readings do you use and why did you choose them?
4. How do you keep the material new and exciting for your students?
5. What do you hope your students will gain from studying Latin?
6. How do you think Latin teaching has changed and how might it change for the future?
Questions for Students
1. How many years of Latin have you taken? What level are you currently in?
2. Why did you decided to take Latin? What did you think you would gain from it?
3. What do you enjoy most about your Latin class? What do you enjoy least?
4. What do you think you have gained from studying Latin?