Medieval Connections: Active Learning and the Teaching of the Middle Ages‪.‬

A teacher who can creatively set up a dialectic of learning activities in which students move back and forth between having rich new experiences and engaging in deep, meaningful dialogue, can maximize the likelihood that the learners will experience significant and meaningful learning.--L. Dee Fink (1) The truth of it is that students [in the Middle Ages] were undergoing the same formative issues in life that are confronting me directly in the face now, and I am now feeling like there is much to be gained from the appreciation of their stories.--a student in the Medieval Connections course (2)