THINKING PROCESSES*

国際教養学部

ATHP1015

コース情報

担当教員: 岡田 華子

単位数: 4

年度: 2024

学期: 秋学期

曜限: 月3, 木3

形式: 対面授業

レベル: 100

アクティブラーニング: あり

他学部履修: 不可

評価方法

授業参加

15%

リアクションペーパー

50%

レポート

10%

小テスト等

10%

その他

Final project 15% ----- ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY Students should be aware of how seriously academic honesty is viewed within the University. This refers to plagiarism or presenting someone else’s work (from any resource, including generative AI) as your own or without appropriate referencing or permission. Students committing plagiarism and/or found to be misrepresenting AI text as their own will fail that assignment. Repeated offensives will fail the course and will fail the course will face consequences in line with Sophia University’s Principles of Academic Honesty. ----- ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION POLICY The Core Program is based on a process-oriented educational philosophy. This means that student learning is about more than just completing assignments. A primary function of the Core Program is to engage students with the process of learning. This includes actively and meaningfully engaging with course materials, classmates, professors, and external resources such as the library or FLA Writing Center. Doing so in a moderated fashion allows students to understand the learning process and to refine their learning. This approach is designed to provide a foundation for your later studies and beyond. Moreover, students who miss class find themselves perpetually behind and unable to do their best work. Accordingly, attendance is of extreme importance. Considering these matters, please carefully note the following: • Students are required to attend and actively participate in all classes. • Students may miss three classes for any reason. If any absence results from a contagious illness (e.g., COVID-19, influenza), provide a doctor's note that explicitly documents the condition so that the absence can be excused. If you are unable to attend class, please inform your classmates for any group work you will not be able to participate in, so they may prepare appropriately. • Four absences: 10% reduction in final grade. • Five absences: automatic “F” for final grade. • Three late arrivals will count as one absence. If a student is more than 20 minutes late, this will count as an absence. • Make sure to pick up “late-train slips” if you are late because of train delays. (You may use these up to three times.) • Failing to participate (including, among other activities, incomplete homework, lack of class contributions, using your mobile phone, using your laptop for non-class related activities) will result in a reduction in your final grade. • Your professor will not remind you about work/quizzes you have missed. Take responsibility: contact your classmates when you are absent regarding expectations for the next class.

15%

詳細情報

概要

This course is designed to develop students’ critical thinking, analytical skills, and the ability to consider different perspectives. It provides an introduction to the analysis of thought and value and is based on the idea that students can cultivate critical faculties by becoming more aware of the thinking process itself. Students are encouraged to raise pertinent questions, to voice ambiguities, and to ponder different perspectives. The course involves extensive reading, writing, and interaction. Students should prepare for a rigorous course of study. Thinking Processes students, regardless of their professor, can expect to write 10,000-12,000 words over the semester.

目標

This course aims to develop analytic and interpretive skills through close engagement with a variety of texts, a process that involves careful reading, thoughtful writing, and probing discussion. Students will work toward developing a set of academic skills that will provide a foundation for later coursework and life beyond university.

授業外の学習

Thinking Processes is a challenging course, and students should expect to spend over three hours preparing outside of class for each lesson, including: • reviewing previous class materials (60 minutes) • working on ongoing assignments (60 minutes) • preparing materials and reading/writing/presentation assignments for next class (70 minutes) In addition, given the amount of writing that this course involves, students should review materials from Composition 1 before the start of term.

所要時間: 190 minutes

スケジュール

  1. Course introduction Bloom’s Taxonomy
  2. CRITICAL READING Axelrod & Cooper: A Catalog of Reading Strategies Graff et al.: What’s Motivating This Writer?
  3. WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING Haber: Critical Thinking, Ch. 1 The Genealogy of Critical Thinking Taxonomy of interpretation
  4. Casey: How Simplistic Narratives Can Mislead Us Kafka: Before the Law
  5. EDUCATION Menand: Live & Learn: Why We Have College
  6. Wallace: Kenyon Commencement Speech
  7. MODES OF THINKING I Kahneman: Thinking, Fast & Slow, Ch. 1 & 4
  8. Kahneman: Thinking, Fast & Slow, Ch. 1 & 4 (contd.)
  9. Kahneman: Thinking, Fast & Slow, Ch. 7
  10. MODES OF THINKING II: METAPHOR IN THOUGHT Lakoff & Johnson: Metaphors We Live By, Ch. 1-3
  11. Lakoff & Johnson: Metaphors We Live By, Ch. 25
  12. Plato: Allegory of the Cave
  13. Midterm review & preparations
  14. Midterm paper due
  15. TRUTH Nietzsche: On truth & Lies in a Nonmoral Sense
  16. McIntyre: Post-Truth, Ch. 1 & 2
  17. McIntyre: Post-Truth, Ch. 3
  18. McIntyre: Post-Truth, Ch. 4
  19. McIntyre: Post-Truth, Ch. 5
  20. HISTORY Carr: The Historian and His Facts Selected readings (TBA)
  21. DEBATE 1
  22. DEBATE 1
  23. DEBATE 1
  24. AI & EDUCATION Selected readings (TBA)
  25. DEBATE 2
  26. DEBATE 2
  27. DEBATE 2
  28. Course wrap up *Please expect changes to this schedule. Changes will be announced in class.

教科書

Course readings will be made available on Moodle, in class, or via email.

  • The Writer's Harbrace Handbook (6th ed.)

    著者: Glenn, C. & Gray, L.

    出版社: Cengage 2017

参考書

書籍情報はありません。

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