The following tentative schedule includes readings from:
Reading the World: Ideas that Matter. AKA IDEAS
Norton Field Guide AKA NFG
Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due
dates. Summary and responses of texts are due within one week of
our class discussion for full credit. Readings from NFG are given as
background for that week's work.
Last revised Aug 2019
Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
Aug 19 - 21
Mon: Syllabus/ SWP
Mon: mahara HO
Wed: in-class, timed writing
Wed: assign interview partners
Web: set up mahara accounts
Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
Aug
Mon: Introductions
Wed: Read for discussion intro to Education IDEAS (3-4)
Wed: Discuss Douglass. "Learning to Read." IDEAS
Web: Set up journals: reading log and progress reports
Week 3: (Education)
Jan 21 - 23
Mon: no class MLK JR holiday
Wed: Discuss Feynman."O Americano Otra Vez." IDEAS
Web: First progress report due/ S&Rs due
Week 4 (Education)
Jan 28 - 30
Mon: Discuss Nussbaum (IDEAS)
Wed: Discuss student article choice (IDEAS)
Web: S&Rs due.
Week 5 (Education)
Feb 4 - 6
Mon: paper assignment heuristics and assignment
CLASS CANCELLED - today only. Check back for revised schedule.
Week 6 (revision)
Feb 11 - 13
Mon: First draft due for workshop (typed, double spaced)
Wed: Development /organization workshop paper #1
Wed: Rubric / self evaluations of in-class essay #1
Wed: review making a mahara page (HO)
Wed: Nominate and choose articles (4) for research on Cultural Myth
section