MDSB01 Weekly Discussion Group Critical Engagement

Description

In the “So What?” lecture video each week Prof. Cowan will pose several questions for you to engage with in your discussion groups

Each week students need to:
post an answer to 2 of Prof. Cowan’s questions (at least 75 words per answer, for a total of 150 words)
your answers can be based on course readings, media materials and lectures.
post at least 2 constructive and RESPECTful questions or comments to your colleagues’ answers (your comments and questions should be substantive – approximately 25-50 words)
students will be graded based on meeting the word count per week level of critical engagement posting their answers, comments and/or questions before the following Friday.

What is Critical Engagement?

Critical Engagement means being able to:
accurately summarize the main ideas in our course materials and to describe the problems, arguments and themes of each week’s material.
AND then to build analysis:
how do these ideas connect across texts?
why are these ideas meaningful?
why do they matter?

Each week students will practice tackling some of the challenging aspects of our course materials. Our expectation is that students will build their critical engagement skills throughout the course.