EDUC 202 DIG Day 2
Bloop
"circle of trust" seating - SIT BY SOMEONE NEW!
Agenda
- Room Set-Up/Sign in/Name Signs
- James Scholars?
- Important Dates
- Brave Space v. Safe Space
- Answer Garden on Names/Identity
- My Name My Identity
- Blooper Activity: on Epistemology
- Bloop Brave Space Activity: on Functionalism
- *Blooper Activity: Professional Vocab
- Next Week
1. ROOM SET-UP / SIGN-IN / NAME SIGNS
- Set room up
- Initial by your name on sign-in
- Make a name sign/find yours from last week and put it on your desk
2. James Scholars?
3. Important Dates - put in your calendar!
- Sept 14: Writing Drawing Assignment Due (+ Jadyn's Birthday!!)
- Sept 21: First group presentations
- Sept 24: Self & Schooling Paper Due (NOTE: you've started on the first part already!)
- Oct 23: Midterm: (Essay + Vocab, Group Exam)
- Nov 20/23: Fall Break
- Dec 7: last DIG session (I can meet with you the following week if necessary)
- Dec 11: SOCIAL JUSTICE PRESENTATIONS (11AM TO 12:30 - LET PROFS KNOW NOW)
- Dec 13: Social Justice Project Due (Reading Day)
4. Brave Space vs. Safe Space
7. Small Blooper Brave Space Activity
- Read this article above on Epistemology
- As the article suggests, rank each type of epistemology according to your own beliefs on learning, and your own personal experiences, including your experiences education/schooling.
- With 1-2 colleagues, share your results and discuss. What experiences led to your ranking specific epistemologies at the top, and the ones at the bottom? Does your major fit epistemological point of view? Post in padlet (if you want)
8. Large Bloop Brave Space Activity (try to use each other's names)
Functionalism is a sociological theory that explains human mental states by taking into account only what we do, rather than who we are or what we are made of.
According to a functionalist, if a person is sufficiently motivated, he will be able to accomplish anything he sets his mind to, if he is given the same tools as the person next to him. Conversely, if a person doesn't succeed at a given task when she is given the proper tools, she obviously lacked the proper motivation.
A meritocracy is defined by Merriam-Webster as, "a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement."
- What is merit?
- Given that our education system was started as a result of functionalist ideals, what are your thoughts on the viability of the system as a tool for success for all students?
- How do these concepts and thoughts relate back to our readings and videos from this week?
- How does this relate to Affirmative Action, and the conversation regarding eliminating it?
- Dig deep, this is our first large BLOOP brave space conversation!
9. *Blooper Activity: Professional Vocabulary
10. Next Week...
Moodle Blog Post: Due Sunday by 11:59pm
TO DO BEFORE CLASS (by 11:59pm, Sept. 9):
Read the articles "Developing Social Justice Literacy" as well as "Good and Just Teaching."
Drawing from quotes in both readings (be specific about page numbers) and the video, develop a response to the following prompt and post it to Moodle:
- Thinking back to our discussion of education, schooling, and how we would know if someone was educated, how does social justice relate to education? Should social justice necessarily be addressed through education? If so, why? If not, where else in society could social justice be addressed?
REMEMBER YOU WILL BE GRADED ON A RUBRIC.
Again, refer to the rubric and optional feedback from Jadyn as to how to structure your writing and how to show you are engaging critically with the readings. You want to make sure you are putting your best foot forward.
Link to actual Moodle Post here to write your assignment.
Writing Drawing Assignment
- Brainstorm what you do when you receive a writing assignment. For example, when I first receive an assignment, I look at it and panic, bury it in my backpack, and procrastinate. I often follow that up with several days of working on other things, drinking coffee, napping, and stress. When I finally do look at the assignment again, it's usually the week (or the day before) it's due, at which point I spend a lot of time at the bar, writing and drinking beer. I almost never make an outline of what I'm going to write ahead of time, preferring to simply free-write. This in turn leads to a lot of deleting and rewriting. Delete. More beer, write. Send to my friend Carrie, at which point she tells me I'm trying to do/say too much and to slash it in half. Which I usually do. Then I add more! Ultimately I wind up with an A quite often, but only after a lot of stress.
- Illustrate your process! I chose a graphic-novel style for mine, but you can choose to draw it differently if you'd like.
- Next class, you'll share your process with others in the class!