Our next class will meet in the same classroom (West 1004), at the same time next week.
We'll pick up with the dramatic reading of page 7 of the syllabus. In the meantime, please post any questions about the syllabus to the blog here by clicking the comment area at the bottom of this post. (You can always email me for more sensitive/personal questions.)
One follow-up on the Boix-Mansilla & Duraisingh article, which we will probably discuss further in this next class... Tuan pointed out that a better wording of the "holy spirit" or "critical awareness" component is given on page 222. Note how they say "clear sense of purpose," which squares with what I was emphasizing, as well as "reflectiveness" and "limitations," which squares with the idea Kris emphasized. Appendix C, as Tina mentioned, rephrases those capsule summaries of the article's three major concepts into question form.
Onward!
Homework:
-"New" students read They Say I Say. "Old" students re-read Craft of Research ch. 6-11.
-Please make certain you are able to post to the blog here and share to me on Google Docs.
-Please email me any specific requests about group partners.
-Please use the rubric on pages 12-13 of the syllabus ("Instructor Project Review Sheet") to rate the two sample papers. The rubric has 12 rows, and for each of the 12 rows you can rate the project as "developing," "competent," or "exemplary"... the starred criteria give the reasons why. Note that there is a similar rubric on page 11, but you can ignore that for now. Start by clicking the tab at the top of the screen that says "Sample Projects." Note there is no need to post anything... just be ready to discuss your choices in class.
Yes, student posts to the blog this semester will mainly be optional. But since you know I have trouble ending class on time, you can expect me to pull the "since we didn't finish in class, please finish for blog homework" routine once or twice.
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ReplyDeleteLydia... I responded to your post in a personal email.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if could group us based partially on which 491 group we are in? That would allow us to work with our groups in both classes.
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Alice
Tina, good idea. I can definitely try to accommodate this, but you guys need to tell me what the groups are for the other class.
ReplyDeleteGroup wise, others researching education childhood related projects, such as Emma and Andrea would be useful for me.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed listening to the projects in class as well.