Abstract Exhibition research, design, and creation offer students significant experience in a wide range of intellectual and practical pursuits. This essay presents these components as they are found in the Emory University joint undergraduate/graduate course Digging into the Archives and Creating an Exhibition. The students learn how to navigate archives; ways to collaborate successfully with library and museum exhibition teams (and each other); skills in design and presentation; public programming; and strategies for identifying and reaching broad and diverse audiences. This discussion of the course goals, structure, and outcomes details how such undertakings can enhance student learning in both undergraduate and graduate contexts, while building a range of transferrable skills.

This article argues that English faculty do not avail themselves sufficiently of research on cognition and learning in their classrooms or in their training of graduate students. The tenets of brain-based learning would enhance our ability to teach practical skills and to hone aesthetic appreciation, but most faculty and graduate students are not familiar with this research and do not incorporate it into their pedagogy.

Research Article| April 01 2003 “Clowdily Enwrapped in Allegorical Deuices”: The Joys and Perils of Teaching Spenser's Epic Sheila T. Cavanagh Sheila T. Cavanagh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2003) 3 (2): 171–177. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-3-2-171 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Sheila T. Cavanagh; “Clowdily Enwrapped in Allegorical Deuices”: The Joys and Perils of Teaching Spenser's Epic. Pedagogy 1 April 2003; 3 (2): 171–177. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-3-2-171 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2003 Duke University Press2003 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Symposium You do not currently have access to this content.