NSM 21:  Assignments for Week of November 2

Please remember to cite sources of information within your answers (you do not need to do the full citation of your text), using the APA style.  Use your own words and do not plagiarize.

 

For Monday, November 2, due at the start of class

We will be having a presentation on Wellness.  Think of questions you want to ask.

Start preparing your long-term assignment on a career exploration.

 

 

For Wednesday, November 4

Writing Assignment 1

Read "Having a Degree and Being Educated" (pp. 121-125), and then answer the following questions.  Don't forget to cite, and be prepared to discuss the article.

  1. Pellegrino says that having a college degree is not the same thing as being educated, and illustrates his point with an example using computers and animals.   In what ways does he say computers and animals are like students of higher education?  In what way are they different from human students?
  2. Pellegrino refers to Santayana's idea that "knowledge...is a recognition of something absent...a beginning, not an end."  In your own words, what is the idea that Pellegrino is trying to convey about knowledge?
  3. Pellegrino discusses 6 ways in which you can tell whether you have an "educated mind."  What is one of these 6 ways, which you think you developed in high school?  Give an example of using your mind in this way.  What is one of these 6 ways, which you think you are developing in your first semester of college?  Give an example of how you are developing this way of using your mind.
  4. Pellegrino says that "intellectual and spiritual" freedom, which are developed by education, are part of being "truly human."  Explain how two of his 6 ways an educated mind works contribute to intellectual and spiritual freedom.

 

Writing Assignment 2

Read "The Baccalaureate Degree" (pp. 126-130) and "A New Debate..." (pp. 131-134), and then answer the following questions.  Don't forget to cite, and be prepared to discuss the articles.

1.  In the first article, what does Bowen say is the purpose of a "personal education" and what does he say is the purpose of a "practical education"?  Give an example of two things you should be able to do more effectively using  your personal education and give an example of two things you should be able to do more effectively using your practical education.

  1. In the first article Bowen lists 9 core areas, which he feels everyone should be exposed to for a personal education.  Among those 9 core areas, which 3 do you think are most important for everyone's personal education and which 3 do you think are least important?  Explain the reasons for your choices.
  2. In the first article Bowen says that the "ideal" education should provide "a reasonable balance ...such that the general development of the person is not unduly sacrificed to self-centered pecuniary ends."  In your own words, what is Bowen saying?  Do you agree or disagree with this statement?  Explain your reasons.
  3. In the second article Cicarelli writes about two contrasting ways of viewing a college education.  Explain how the "value added" view would measure the worth of an education.  What is an argument for this view and an argument against this view?  Explain how the "traditional" view would measure the worth of an education.  What is an argument for this view and an argument against this view?

 

 

Journal Prompt:

In your journal entry, address the following questions:

You just passed the half-way mark in the semester.  What classes are you taking and what grades do you think you are now earning in each of your classes?  What difficulties have you had with your classes and what can you do to overcome them in the second half of the semester?  Give an example of a difficulty you have had.  What have you done well in the first half and how can you build on your successes in the second half? Give an example of a successful strategy you have used.   What is a part of your social transition to college, which you would like to work on more?  What is a part of your social transition to college that you are happy about and would like to build on?