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Guidelines for Discussion
Leadership |
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The purpose of this assignment is to allow participants to lead the class discussion on topics of importance in the course. Skills to be developed are: teaching and facilitating skills, intellective skills, and verbal skills. One participant will be assigned primary responsibility for each reading assignment. The leader will: (a) prepare and present a 5-10 minute opening analysis of the material, (b) lead the subsequent class discussion. To facilitate this, please prepare a handout for the students and instructor consisting of the following items: (1) a short abstract of the reading (if you write, less than 1/3 page single spaced), simply copying the abstract when it is provided in the original reading or creating a new one when it is not provided, (2) short bios of the authors from materials available on the Web, including photo, where available, and career information (start with: http://www.isfacdir.org/ but also do a Google search), (3) a short, up to 1 page (single-spaced) critique of the material including, where appropriate, its relation to other relevant readings in the course; and (4) several key questions you want to have the class discuss. These items are to be neatly prepared and a copy is to be distributed to each member of the class in e-mailboxes by 9:00 a.m. of class day. Also, bring a few extra hard copies to class as people may not have been able to get to their email in a timely manner. Your job is to inspire your
class members and get them involved in the dialogue. The intention
is not for you to talk for a half hour or so. Please "cold call"
fellow class members to get them engaged. I will hand you a list of
Participants
will also be responsible for choosing and leading the discussion on
an experiment in an area of research interest to group members.
This is a group assignment. Copies of the article need
to be made available to each class member. Give electronic copies
to me and I will put them on the syllabus website. Deliverables: Abstract and critique of reading; leadership
of in-class discussion on topic. Schedule of Student-Selected Experiments
Group 2: xxx Group 3: xxx Group 4: xxx |