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Episode Synopsis
Dr. Nancy Patterson is an associate professor of Education at BGSU. In this episode, Dr. Patterson discusses her research “But I Wanna Say What I Wanna Say: Ohio Student and Teacher Perspectives on the First Amendment.” In her research, which she worked on in Spring 2018 while an ICS Faculty Fellow, Dr. Patterson interviewed K-12 students and their teachers about the first amendment and its place in the classroom.
Transcript:
Jolie Sheffer: Welcome to the BG Ideas podcast, a collaboration between the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, and the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University.
Jolie Sheffer: I'm Jolie Sheffer, an Associate Professor of American Culture Studies and Director of ICS.
Jolie Sheffer: This is the second of two episodes featuring the ICS Spring 2018 Faculty Fellows. ICS is proud to sponsor Fellowships to promote the research and creative work of faculty here, at BGSU. Those who receive awards are freed from one semester of teaching and service to devote unimpeded time to the projects they have proposed. These projects must be of both intellectual significance and social relevance in hopes that their work will generate conversations across disciplines, and engage both academic and broader community audiences.
Jolie Sheffer: Today we are joined by Dr. Nancy Patterson, a Professor of Education in the School of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Patterson earned her PhD in curriculum and teaching from the University of Arizona. Her research areas center on democratic classroom and school pedagogies, and academic freedom and equity in assessment. Dr. Patterson is here to discuss her current project, entitled, But I Want To Say What I Want To Say, Ohio Student And Teacher Perspectives On The First Amendment.
Jolie Sheffer: Dr. Patterson has conducted interviews with K-12 students as well as their teachers for this project. Her work is informed by current case law about First Amendment protections and her interviews focus on interpretations of the First Amendment and free speech in Ohio classrooms.
Jolie Sheffer: I'm very pleased to welcome Dr. Nancy Patterson to the program as one of ICS's Spring 2018 Faculty Fellows. Thanks for joining me, Nancy.
Nancy Patterson: Thank you. What an honor.
Jolie Sheffer: We're very excited to have you here. Can you talk a little bit more about the project you're working on and how it began?
Nancy Patterson: Oh. It probably began when I was seven. I don't know when I... I've always had a... I'm from an educator family, and I always have had a strong sense of voice and choice in our family and felt that when I was in school. I think I really needed more. Some people become teachers because they have a favorite teacher. I became a teacher because I needed a favorite teacher.
Nancy Patterson: I've been in education for many years. When I began at BGSU... Actually, when I began as a PhD candidate to create my dissertation project, it was all about inquiry and student engagement with content and flipping the way we teach so that students experience something first, label it afterwards, and discuss it, rather than teaching and lecturing students in a classroom. I've had that going on a lot, for a long time, in my professional career and in my personal life.
Nancy Patterson: And then, once I came to BGSU, I began training teachers and visiting many classrooms. It's always been a strong commitment of mine to use best practices. It's interesting that we know these things work with students, yet we don't find them in the field as readily as you would t
Transcript:
Jolie Sheffer: Welcome to the BG Ideas podcast, a collaboration between the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, and the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University.
Jolie Sheffer: I'm Jolie Sheffer, an Associate Professor of American Culture Studies and Director of ICS.
Jolie Sheffer: This is the second of two episodes featuring the ICS Spring 2018 Faculty Fellows. ICS is proud to sponsor Fellowships to promote the research and creative work of faculty here, at BGSU. Those who receive awards are freed from one semester of teaching and service to devote unimpeded time to the projects they have proposed. These projects must be of both intellectual significance and social relevance in hopes that their work will generate conversations across disciplines, and engage both academic and broader community audiences.
Jolie Sheffer: Today we are joined by Dr. Nancy Patterson, a Professor of Education in the School of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Patterson earned her PhD in curriculum and teaching from the University of Arizona. Her research areas center on democratic classroom and school pedagogies, and academic freedom and equity in assessment. Dr. Patterson is here to discuss her current project, entitled, But I Want To Say What I Want To Say, Ohio Student And Teacher Perspectives On The First Amendment.
Jolie Sheffer: Dr. Patterson has conducted interviews with K-12 students as well as their teachers for this project. Her work is informed by current case law about First Amendment protections and her interviews focus on interpretations of the First Amendment and free speech in Ohio classrooms.
Jolie Sheffer: I'm very pleased to welcome Dr. Nancy Patterson to the program as one of ICS's Spring 2018 Faculty Fellows. Thanks for joining me, Nancy.
Nancy Patterson: Thank you. What an honor.
Jolie Sheffer: We're very excited to have you here. Can you talk a little bit more about the project you're working on and how it began?
Nancy Patterson: Oh. It probably began when I was seven. I don't know when I... I've always had a... I'm from an educator family, and I always have had a strong sense of voice and choice in our family and felt that when I was in school. I think I really needed more. Some people become teachers because they have a favorite teacher. I became a teacher because I needed a favorite teacher.
Nancy Patterson: I've been in education for many years. When I began at BGSU... Actually, when I began as a PhD candidate to create my dissertation project, it was all about inquiry and student engagement with content and flipping the way we teach so that students experience something first, label it afterwards, and discuss it, rather than teaching and lecturing students in a classroom. I've had that going on a lot, for a long time, in my professional career and in my personal life.
Nancy Patterson: And then, once I came to BGSU, I began training teachers and visiting many classrooms. It's always been a strong commitment of mine to use best practices. It's interesting that we know these things work with students, yet we don't find them in the field as readily as you would t
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