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The popular professor and chair of the UW department of Germanics, Sabine Wilke, has been implementing team-based learning in her larger classes for several years. She recently published a fascinating article about her experiences with this innovative and effective pedagogical method in Neues Curriculum, a peer reviewed journal for best practices in higher education German studies. You can read about the exciting classes she has taught using TBL at the link below:
Using Team-Based Learning in German Courses
Other recent Germanics courses featuring TBL include Nicole Calian's "European Enlightenment" and Ellwood Wiggins's "The Tele-novel." We will continue to showcase the success of UW course innovations in the coming years.