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Week 11 Plan:

Class Meeting:
Monday, November 27th, 4:00-6:30pm ET on campus and in Zoom.

1. Early work-in-progress presentations (with plus-delta feedback):

• this week (Nov. 27): Julia, Laura, Andrea, Casey
• next week (Dec. 4): Matt, Andrew, Bill, Russell, Tri, Lauren, Alex, Kyle, Paula

2. Dialogue on Readings

• "supporting young people to design their own lives"

3. Discussion on Manifesto assignment.

Assignments Due Next Week:

1. Readings:
Weeks 11 and 12: choose one item each week from the list below:

• de la Garza, V. (2009). pages 19-45 from Children's Story: Per-se-vere (a children's story presented as a portion of the capstone project developed by a past graduate of the Critical and Creative Thinking program)
• Giorgis & Johnson, 2001, Children's Books: Creativity
• Lamb (2001). Chapters 1-4 from The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children
• Lickona (2004), Help Kids (and Adults) Take Responsibility for Building Their Own Character (from book Character Matters)
• Lindqvist (2003), Vygotsky's Theory of Creativity
• Marsh (2010), read pages 29-37 from Childhood, culture, and creativity: a literature review (Section 3 on "Multimodal communication, culture and creativity").
• Paley (1986), On Listening to What Children Say and additional Interview with Vivian Gussin Paley
• Rochat, P (2003), Five levels of self-awareness as they unfold early in life
• Sethi (2009), Kids, take charge (Video, TEDIndia)
• Sudbury Valley School (web site), read about The Sudbury Model and the Frequently Asked Questions about the school. Read at least one other item from the Articles section of the web site according to your interest.
• USDOE (2005), Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen

2. Review plus-delta feedback on your presentation, posted once your presentation is given. If presenting next week, note requirements.

3. Continue other work toward developing your Theme 3 Written/Creative Product. Review the Theme 3 discussion page for recent comments.

4. Continue with weekly entries in your Literature/Arts Reflection Journal. Submit your journal for the final time next week (submit the entire journal by Dec. 4th, including entries for all weeks of the semester).

Brief notes on remaining class meetings:

• Week 12 (Dec. 4): Remaining presentations
• Week 13 (Dec. 11): Evaluating the course experience; extending learning beyond the semester.
• Week 13 evening (Dec. 11, 7:00pm): CCT combined class meeting with presentations from students in various courses