Discussion board question STUDENTS MUST Ask an Open ended question that relates to the material and respond to two other students each response needs one source! ~the material~ As we near the end of the course, we delve deeper into individual and collective reluctance to give: time and/or money in our communities. Certainly, a barrier in doing community service learning as well as volunteering time or donating money is the difficulty in seeing the connections between what we do and the larger social issues. Peter Singer, in an excerpt from his book The Life You Can Save, explores some of the psychological barriers that surround giving. Then there is also the very real barrier of time. Where do we find the time to devote to community development, and societal problems? Yet can we afford not to?
Community problems are also often complex and interconnected (homelessness, mental illness, and food insecurity). Ultimately, it is easy to begin to think: does what I do really make any difference? Yet it is through our ongoing engagement with the community, that we begin to understand underlying problems and potential methods to address these problems. Cress (2013) refers to this as critical inquiry or the process of deconstructing complex problems to better understand components and potential multifaceted responses. Critical inquiry ultimately assists you in creating change, but the commitment has to be there: a commitment to social responsibility and participatory citizenship. Participatory citizenship can be conceptualized as having the ability and motivation to think critically about social issues and find sustainable solutions to this issues (Myers, 2016). Ultimately, participatory citizenship can lead to greater social cohesion, decreased isolation, increased connections and the development of various forms of social capital. So while barriers remain, participatory citizenship is actually good for all of us!
References
Cress, C., Collier, P., & Reitenauer, V. Service Through Learning: A Student Guidebook for Service Learning and Civic Engagement across Academic Disciplines and Cultural Communities. Sterling, VA: Stylus
McMurry, A., & Niens, U. (2012). Building bridging social capital in a divided society: The role of participatory citizenship education. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 7(2), 207-221
Myers, A. (2016). Building bridges to the world: Utilizing service learning during the senior to develop participatory citizenship. American Secondary Education, 44(3), 4-12
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Here are the students you need to respond to:
Question #1: How is a debate better than a discussion?
The two forms of debating a topic is a dialogue and a discussion debate.
A discussion debate is where people assume there is only one right answer to solve a problem. A dialogue debate is when people have pieces of the answer to a problem and when put together they can create a solution to solve a situation.
Here is a source you can use to look at the differences between a dialogue debate and a discussion debate. You can also use it to look at which one is the best one to use to solve a problem.
Source: https://www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/blog/the-difference-between-debate-discussion-and-dialogue
Question #2
Where do you get your news?
Play along with this exercise.
Think about where do you go for current news and events. Website, news channel, radio station? Where? Does it skew liberal or conservative? Is it entertainment based or strict news? Where we get our news helps shape our opinions an view on a variety of different topics, including how we view those around us.
Step #1 Think about your news source
Step #2 Find that news source on the chart.
Step# 3 Post in the response here where that source falls. Do you agree or not
I’ll post first in the responses.
Source: https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/
THEN ASK A QUESTION RELATED TO the MATERIAL NEEDS TO BE AS DETAILED AS THE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS SENT. (YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE UP THIS QUESTION)the question asked it needs to contain this Curiosity The Curiosity category includes feedback on the effort, interest, and “discuss-ability” of the students’ post, including feedback on: If a question is open-ended or closed-ended The length and depth of the description The repetitiveness of the text If their post may be flagged due to Community Guidelines Credibility The Credibility category includes feedback encouraging students to cite their source(s). Multiple independent studies have shown students on Packback are over 2x more likely to cite sources than on the LMS discussion. Communication The Communication category includes feedback on how effectively the student is communicating in their post, including feedback on: The Appropriate Paragraph breaks The Appropriate use of formatting The Appropriate use of media (videos, images, links) Convention The Convention category includes feedback on: Grammar Spelling Sentence fluency Post Language I ATTATCHED AN EXAMPLE FROM A PREVIOUS WEEK
