#8 Sept. 14th, 2018
Write a 6-row reflection on today's activity (discussion)
#5 Sept. 4th, 2018
Write a brief summary of each category expectations for IRR (Task #1) rubric. Please write an 8-rows reflection on the IRR (essays) you read (which one was a high, a medium or a low; what do you think about the topics; are they well written?; are the sources reliable and relevant enough?; what about conventions?).
During today’s discussion, Philosophical Chairs, I realized the importance of having various people discuss your research question, in order to have a better research paper. For instance, my research question is : “How do governmental restrictions impact gun violence in the United States compared to Japan?” My peers helped us realize that the United States has polar viewpoints on this particular topic within the different states. Maybe be will change our question in order to have a more accurate comparison. I also liked the way we debated and the skills we get to practice as we debate.
ReplyDeleteAs we did the Philosophical Chairs, I finally understood why great minds in history like to brainstorm. Having to present your opinion in front of critical listeners truly sharpens your stance, and makes sure that you have no weak spots in your argument. I enjoyed the activity, as I also got to tell other people what I think about their argument, something which I thought was very fun. Overall, this activity was introspective, although it could've gone a little better (and with less talking), I think my classmates understood the idea and got a lot from it. We should definitely constantly do these, especially when we are developing a position on a topic.
ReplyDeleteIn todays activity, we did something called Philosophical Chairs. It was very interesting and educational, because I could learn a lot about other teams ideas and topics. The exchange of ideas between me and my peers was amazing, since I could help them improve their information, and they helped me expand my knowledge. When it was my turn to get in the chairs, I really enjoyed it since I could answer other peoples questions, while I also nourished myself with their comments and information. I really hope this activity is repeated for future projects and topics.
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The activity, “philosophical chairs”, performed during today's class was highly constructive since it allowed me to fully understand others point of view in regards to my topic. I was able to address counter arguments and take their opinions into consideration. Through the discussion I realized there were several perspectives I fail to incorporate in my research paper for instance, some said legalizing prostitution would have economic advantages yet brothels are most likely to become rich at the cost of exploiting others. In order to create a well developed paper more research as well as brainstorm is needed.
ReplyDeleteAlex A- The Philosophical Chairs activity is a very efficient and productive way of improving your knowledge. I have two perspectives towards this form of learning. The one in which you are the person hearing and analyzing the point of views the team is declaring, and the one in which you are presenting your arguments and evidence that supports it. Both of them resulted profitable for me personally, since I gave perspectives that the presenters were not considering, and vice versa. Im looking forward on implementing this method of knowledge to future events, because I think my classmates have lots a fresh and favorable ideas that can benefit my work.
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ReplyDeleteIn today's class we did an activity called "Philosophical Chairs", in which each group presented their research question to the class and accepted reviews and criticism of how they could make changes and improve their research question so it can be more efficiently used in the research paper. I think that this was a great and enlightening activity because when my team passed we received a lot of criticism and reviews of how we could improve our research questions and we also touched topics that could become obstacles while writing our papers. We also reviewed and criticized the other team's questions so they could improve theirs as well.
During this activity I realised the importance of constructive criticism and having other people listen to your ideas and comment on them. I think that before my team was made any questions, I thought our research question filled all the requirements of the rubric we once saw. After the class commented on our question, we noticed that it's still broad and we might need to do some changes. Regarding our lenses, it was interesting how everyone had a different way of analysing the information we presented to them and the questions they asked kept me thinking about more perspectives for my own lens.
ReplyDeleteIn today's activity I get to know a little more about what my teammates have researched and found on their topics, and they get to know more information that I found about my lens. After sharing this with our other classmates, we got feedback, especially regarding my lens which is ethics, because I realized that what I have searched is not clear or focused in what the fundaments of ethics are, but more on the opinion of people that support the legalization of prostitution. I need to get involved in the other side of ethics (the negative effects of legalizing it).
ReplyDeleteToday's activity was very interesting , although a lot of people got really defensive about their topics and their lense. Everyone seems to already have a very set stance regarding their topic, even those who officially had not (Refugees in Germany). The activity served to construct a stronger argument, as people could point out if there was anything fishy or sketchy about what the group on the spotlight was presenting. In the Historical lense there isn't as much controversy, but I did find some of the points made to be pretty valid regarding prostitution.
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