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Tutorials and Papers: Things That Work for Me in a Big Class

Tutorials and Papers: Things That Work for Me in a Big Class. John-Paul Himka. Discussion

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Tutorials and Papers: Things That Work for Me in a Big Class

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  1. Tutorials and Papers: Things That Work for Me in a Big Class John-Paul Himka

  2. Discussion • Beginning in October, we will have four tutorials, often with assigned readings from the moodle. Every student should come to class prepared to speak, to say something interesting and insightful. Participation is mandatory, and it has to be of good quality. HIST 114The History of the World in the Last Ten Years

  3. You may at any time make an appointment with your tutorial leader to discuss your participation and how it is being evaluated to date. • You are expected to attend every discussion session. If you have a legitimate reason why you cannot, please let us know the reason in advance. Otherwise we have to give you a zero for that day’s grade. We also have to give a zero to anyone who comes to class unprepared.

  4. 5 October • Rohde, David, and David E. Sanger. “How a ‘Good War’ in Afghanistan Went Bad.” New York Times, 12 August 2007. • Charney, Craig, and James Dobbins. “Afghanistan’s Reasons for Optimism.” Washington Post, 31 March 2011. • Lewis, Michael, ed. Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. Pp. 299-344. • Freeland, Chrystia. “The Rise of the New Global Elite.” The Atlantic (January-February 2011). Tutorials

  5. 19 October • For this tutorial, there are no assigned readings, but you have to do some research on line. • Pick one disease/condition from column A and one from column B: • A • Alzheimer’s • breast cancer • heart disease • lung cancer • obesity • B • cholera • death in childbirth • malaria • malnutrition • tuberculosis I experimented with this last year.

  6. Research the disease/condition on line in order to answer the following questions about each disease: • Does the disease/condition strike differentially according to social class, gender, geographical region, level of development, sexual orientation, or any other transpersonal characteristic? • What kind of treatments are now being used? • What kind of treatments are being thought about for the future? • What is the economic cost of the disease/condition and its treatment at present? • What are some of the projections for future costs? • (For the last two questions, you may restrict the information to some region or country.)

  7. A good place to start research is on the website of the World Health Organization: • http://www.who.int/en/ • In addition, you should research the disease through EBSCO on the U of A Libraries home page.

  8. They researched popular protests • (feedback) The Previous Year

  9. Requesting classrooms • Questionnaire Mechanics

  10. Tutorial Sections • Name_________________________________ • ID____________________________________ • We have tutorial sections scheduled to meet on these Fridays: • 5 October • 19 October • 9 November • 30 November • We can only have three sections that meet at 10:00, and the others will have to meet at 11:00 and 13:00. Questionnaire

  11. Below are those three times. Please put a 1 in the space of your preferred section, a 2 in the place of your second choice, a 3 in the place of your third choice, and an X in the space of a time that is impossible for you to meet. • 10:00_____________ • 11:00_____________ • 13:00______________

  12. Students like it • And learn from it • The person who marks the paper (TA or principal instructor) knows the author and has coached him/her along • Teaching experience for the TA (much better than just grading papers) Why Do This?

  13. I did it out of necessity • I found I really liked it • (unfortunately, no feedback from students yet) Papers by email

  14. Paper Comment Sheet • Name_____________________________________ • Research • Depth of Analysis • Quality of Style • Organization • Grade____________________________________ Paper Comment Sheet

  15. Paper Comment Sheet • Name____XXXXXXX______________________ • Research • NYT. Economist. Globe and Mail. New Yorker. • Thanks for making such abundant use of the required sources. • Generally stellar research. • Depth of Analysis • I think you did a wise thing in picking a topic where you made use of your personal investment in the topic. Not only did it make you better motivated and more keenly aware of the context, but it personalized the story for readers. • The account was quite comprehensive. A Sample

  16. Quality of Style • That was an excellent opening paragraph, really drawing the reader in. • Generally, this was a very well written paper. • But one can always improve: • Some review of the proper use of commas would add more polish to your style: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/ • has lead to should be has led to: • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01/ • Organization • Logical. • I won’t be teaching anything you would be eligible to take until the 2013-14 academic year. But you are definitely the kind of student I would like to have in my courses. • Grade______96___________________________

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