Day: January 23, 2010

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Week 4 (Jan 27^th) – Applying ethics and critical analysis to case studies and the motivations surrounding ISL.

Objective:

By the end of the session, students will be able to apply what they have learned in ethics to critically evaluate case studies and real-life scenarios. Further, through discussions of the assigned MACLEAN’s article, students will discuss and evaluate different motivations of students going on ISL.

Bridge:

The participation grading rubric is agreed to in this class will be adhered to throughout the rest of the course.

Engaging the Group:

Activities (in order of how they will be carried out):

• 9:00: Hand in (ie. obtain initials) on completed journal entry #3. Completion of entries will be logged.
• 9:05-9:30: Debrief from last week’s ethics presenters
• 9:30-10:10: Discuss the article “Saving the World and Me” (MACLEAN’s)
• 10:10-10:20: Ten minute break
• 10:20-10:40: Yan presents participation rubric. Any adjustments are made, and it is agreed upon by the class.
• 10:40-11:50: Case study critical analysis
  • 10:40-10:50: Individual analysis
  • 10:50-11:05: Discussion of case study with assigned pair
  • 11:05-11:50: Each pair presents and class discusses case study (5 min presentation, 10 minute discussion)

For each person to bring to class:

• Your copy of the MACLEAN’s article “Saving the World and Me” (with (a) one point that struck you as interesting, and (b) a question for the class to discuss) and the class outline (this paper)
• Assign journaling assignment #4: TBA

Closing/Summary:

• Assign journaling assignment #4: TBA