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Course: Philosophy 234: Hopeful Citizenship for the 21st Century
Institution: Saint Mary's College
Assignment
Learning Activities (LA) and reflective journals (600 points)
If philosophy is training for living well, then we need to practice philosophical living!
Throughout the semester, there will be six activities that students need to complete, which will ask them to undertake a specific practice and then reflect on that experience in a journal.
Journals should be about 500-600 words and should include specifics of what practice they adopted, how it went, and what they learned from it. Journal entries will be graded according to the journal rubric.
Learning activity 6 is focused on courage.
LA 6: Courage
Speaking up: Writing an Op-Ed. Choose a topic that matters to you and write an
op-ed about it (750-800 words). Then write a 250-word journal explaining how you integrated some of the best practices from the articles.
About
Students in class: 20-30
Teaching modality: In person
Grade level/year: Undergraduate students
Course type: The class fulfills the requirement for critical thinking and philosophy it is also a part of the Digital and Public Humanities Minor
Virtues integrated: Attention, Empathy, Curiosity, Intellectual Humility, Courage and Intellectual Responsibility
Course: Philosophy 234: Hopeful Citizenship for the 21st Century
Institution: Saint Mary's College
Assignment
Learning Activities (LA) and reflective journals (600 points)
If philosophy is training for living well, then we need to practice philosophical living!
Throughout the semester, there will be six activities that students need to complete, which will ask them to undertake a specific practice and then reflect on that experience in a journal.
Journals should be about 500-600 words and should include specifics of what practice they adopted, how it went, and what they learned from it. Journal entries will be graded according to the journal rubric.
Learning activity 6 is focused on courage.
LA 6: Courage
Speaking up: Writing an Op-Ed. Choose a topic that matters to you and write an
op-ed about it (750-800 words). Then write a 250-word journal explaining how you integrated some of the best practices from the articles.
About
Students in class: 20-30
Teaching modality: In person
Grade level/year: Undergraduate students
Course type: The class fulfills the requirement for critical thinking and philosophy it is also a part of the Digital and Public Humanities Minor
Virtues integrated: Attention, Empathy, Curiosity, Intellectual Humility, Courage and Intellectual Responsibility