Exercise on Thinking in a Discipline

CRTW 201

Dr. Fike

Do this exercise on your own if we do not have time for it in class.

1. Page 135:  What background story relates to why/how you came to select your major? (3 minutes)

2. Page. 124:  What is an example of something you learned in your major that was important in your personal life?  Explain WHY it was important.  (5 minutes)   NOTE:  “Deep learning” is referenced on 119 and 123. 

3. Page 95:  Another aspect of your background story:  What impediments (especially regarding your thinking) do you face as you approach your major/discipline?  What is their origin?  What can you do about them?  (5 minutes)

4. Page 113-14:  Write down 5-10 questions that your discipline/major tries to address.

5. Write down some F&P concepts in your major.  (3 minutes)

6. Page 132, 3.4:  Do an SEEI for as many of the following as possible:

                                                              i.      The logic of a discipline

                                                            ii.      The vocabulary in a discipline

                                                          iii.      F&P concepts in a discipline

                                                          iv.      The Q@I of a course

                                                            v.      The point of view of a discipline

7. Page 118:  Do the visualization on pages 67-68 (page 63 in the old edition).  “Describe the path, as best you can, according to how it would look from the point of view of the discipline of the [major] you are in” (box on 118).