Collaborative/Cooperative Research Project

Nice work today! Out class's research outline (google doc) is still open for modification. You can update it with your sources and images and anything else you think would be helpful.

The presentation (google slides) is also ready for you to work on. Please find your slide and coordinate with your team to add images and presenter notes. Some groups may need more than one slide. DEADLINE: Wednesday (tomorrow) at 8pm.

Our presenters will be Ethan, Faith, and Paige, who will coordinate and practice before the conference, making sure that they can say all that needs to be said within the time limit.

The conference is Thursday, during our scheduled class period, in the chapel. Please come on time or even a little early.

Affirming Your Values

Our seminar won't meet today on campus, so we will explore the topic of Values Affirmation remotely and do the exercise our own. You can find the Values Exercise on Moodle. Please do the exercise in writing (takes about 15 minutes) and afterwards, read this article. Please bring the completed exercise to class on Tuesday. They will be graded P/NP.

Hope you all have a happy and relaxing Thanksgiving!

Welcome to the Nazi National Political Institutes of Education

Well, that was grim. Please reflect once again on the agendas of those who provide education (governments, families, communities). Whose/what agendas are at play in your education?

On Thursday, we will finish up and polish our research project in class and be ready to present it at the Freshman Research Conference that afternoon (3:30-5:30 in 113 St Mary's). The research project outline is available as a google document. Before class on Thursday, please add your/your group's research statement to it as indicated in the document. Include links or images that you think should be included in the presentation.

Welcome to the Medieval European University

Hope you all enjoyed visiting the earliest European universities and seeing their connection to the Islamic scholarship we explored last week.

We are now moving into serious research mode. Our topic will be Dyslexia, broadly. You have already created an annotated bibliography and zeroed in on a specific research question. Some of you will be coordinating with others who have closely related research areas. For Tuesday's class, please write a clear short summary of your research findings.