Week_12

Week 12 Plan:

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

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

Matt, Andrew, Bill, Russell, Tri, Lauren, Alex, Kyle, Paula

2. Additional discussion on Manifesto assignment (due Dec. 18th). Principles with respect to title "Manifesto for Creative Living and Lifelong Learning"
3. Notes on finishing the course.

Assignments Due Next Week:

1. Readings:
Choose one more item from the list below (you should have read at least 3 by Dec. 11th):

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. Note requirements.

3. Submit your Theme 3 Written/Creative Product by next week.

Brief notes on remaining class meetings:

Week 13 (Dec. 11): Evaluating the course experience; extending learning beyond the semester.