last updated: Fri, August 9, 2019 9:56 AM
This page is updated as the class progresses.
If there is no entry for a day, use the G-Drive excel sheet schedule as the official schedule, or ask me.
Seating format: We will sit in one large circle of about 30 people. Please arrange the chairs accordingly in case I'm not yet in the room.
Before class: Check this page and bCourse announcements. Read our course syllabus and the below sections of Syllabus, Part 2. *This isn't due until Day 2 but there is a lot so you should get started.
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Note bolded font if you have time
Active 1 (the first page and a little: up unit "and useful to others")
Active 4 (skim)
Active 5 (skim)
Devices 1
Devices 2
Integrity (we will discuss this in class, on the second day)
Accommodations, if relevant
If English is Not your first language, if relevant
Grades-9
Grade-10 (skim)
12.6 Assignment titles
Things that affect grades (skim)
In class: We will discuss "EA105Su19 First day overview" which will provide an overview of the course plan and prepare the students for the first test.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day, which will be important later when studying for the midterm.
Special note: Probably Session 03 has the most difficult of all reading assignments. Allow time.
Special note: Probably Session 03 has the most difficult of all reading assignments. Allow time.
Seating format: Large circle.
Before class: Check for announcements. Finish reading our course syllabus and the sections of Syllabus, Part 2 listed above, at Session 01. Be sure to do this.
In class: We will return to a couple of points from Session 01, and do the exercise we didn't do on that day. Then we will discuss the mechanics of the class (grading, tests, other assigned work, etc.). Quizzing is possible. Be sure to bring your device as stated on the syllabus.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except send me questions if you are unclear about something with regard to the syllabus.
Seating format: Standard format (all chairs facing the front of the room). I call this "Lecture mode".
Before class: Check for announcements. For all of the next Theory / Method sessions the expectation is that you will "look over" the chapters listed for that day, to get a sense of the basics. This is important because we need to cover a good deal of ground each day. Not knowing the basic groundwork for the day will slow down everyone. "Getting a sense of the basics": what key terms and principles are involved and why are they significant to us? By the way, what are our learning objectives?
In class: First half—Theory / Method: SO/M (Chpts. 3-6). Second half—Theory /Method: Closer look at patterns (Chpts. 7-9); Ending interpretation (Chpt. 10)
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day. I think this is very important. This "theory and method" segment has too many moving parts to cram later for the test. We are building the structure step-by-step. It is much better to try to fit everything into is proper place as we move along.
Seating format: Standard format (all chairs facing the front of the room). I call this "Lecture mode".
Before class: Check for announcements. Same as Session 03.
In class: First half—Theory / Method: Bounded dialogue (Chpt. 11); Love (Chpt. 12). Second half—Theory / Method: WV/CP (Chpt. 13)
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day. I think this is very important. This "theory and method" segment has too many moving parts to cram later for the test. We are building the structure step-by-step. It is much better to try to fit everything into is proper place as we move along.
Seating format: Standard format (all chairs facing the front of the room). I call this "Lecture mode".
Before class: Check for announcements. For all of the next Theory / Method sessions the expectation is that you will "look over" the chapters listed for that day, to get a sense of the basics. This is important because we need to cover a good deal of ground each day. Not knowing the basic groundwork for the day will slow down everyone. "Getting a sense of the basics": what key terms and principles are involved and why are they significant to us? By the way, what are our learning objectives?
In class: First half—Theory / Method: ToM (Chpt. 14). Second half—Theory / Method: Arrays, pluralities, status (Chpts. 15, 16).
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day. I think this is very important. This "theory and method" segment has too many moving parts to cram later for the test. We are building the structure step-by-step. It is much better to try to fit everything into is proper place as we move along.
Seating format: Standard format (all chairs facing the front of the room). I call this "Lecture mode". There will be a seating chart for the test (second half of the class).
Before class: Check for announcements. Prepare for the test, arriving with questions so our 50-minute review can be helpful. You can skip the review if you are confident and just come for the test, which will begin at 11, exactly. Please do one of these two: arrive on time, arrive at 10:55. A lot of late arrivals might make the review difficult to focus on.
In class: First half—review. Second half—MT 01 - Theory / Method.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: Not sure yet. If there is no statement here, sit in "lecture mode."
Before class: Check for announcements. The chapters of ILN to be covered in the next two days are different than those assigned before the midterm. There are no chapter abstracts, and the content is less settled since this portion has been tied to exercises in class, and those exercises have been evolving. The basic principle are the same but some of the specifics, including terminology, are a bit in flux. Read for the main ideas and the main terms, and in a practical way: For example, "Could I complete a section of analysis titled 'status'?" We will continue to practice the type of analysis these chapters suggest all the way to the end of the term, and the final will be the same. So, while it doesn't all need to make sense now, you do need to be able to do this analysis by the end and the sooner you can master the process, the easier everything will be for you and the greater benefit you will bring your groups.
Read the short description of Part IV.
Read Chapter 17 with care. Know the following — White noise. ToM as an entity within its own imagined world, which itself is within an empirical world. Love narrative circle / phases. (You have seen another version of this already.) Framing questions. Instances. ToM as we construct them. NDT. Authoritative thought systems, their fragments, and derivatives. Arrays of cultural contexts, their robustness, ToM receptivity, context-to-ToM distance. Status spectrum.
Skip Chapter 18.
In class: I will take questions. I might make further "meta" comments about this portion of the book. There will be exercises.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: Not sure yet. If there is no statement here, sit in "lecture mode."
Before class: Check for announcements.
Read Chapter 19: All the various principles listed.
Read Chapter 20: Look over the definitions of the various terms noted in the chapter box at the beginning BUT cross-reference to the explanations in Key Concepts, NOT this chapter. Those comments are the newer versions. You will need to know these terms eventually but for now just get a sense of what is going on. Students make more grade-reducing errors in this area than in any other. Take note.
Read Chapter 21: The "always about love" standard is the main point. Read that.
Read Chapter 22: The basic point is how to gather cultural contexts. This is also an area where students go in wrong directions sometimes.
Read Chapter 23: This is basically a review of my expectations regarding the content of submission of analysis and the most common submission content errors.
In class: lorem
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
This week we will cover concepts related to love that derive from Western culture. On the last day of the week, we will begin covering East Asian authoritative thought systems (ATS). Tuesday is a video-intense day; it is best not to miss class. Wednesday I will screen a video on which you will then submit an IA that night. The screening will include some explanations of its content. Thursday is ancient Chinese cosmology.
Seating format: Free seating in "lecture mode" for the first half. Probably big circle for the second.
Before class: Check for announcements. Read ILN Chapter 24 (it is brief), and Chapter 25. Learn the Greek terms introduced, the Greek formula for truth discussed, and be able to say something about will and action.
In class: It is likely there will be a reading check. You will then do exercises on the material assigned. I will not cover the main points. In the second half of class you will share the results of your exercises. At that time, not before, I will offer some comments on the main concepts of the chapter.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: "Lecture mode" (sit where you can see the projector screen easily)
Before class: Check for announcements. Read ILN Chapter 26; 29.6.2; and from "Ordered and cross-referenced list of key words, phrases, abbreviations and main ideas" read "ToM’s position about self-in-world" paying attention to wuwei and jie. You will be expected to define these two as discussed in that context, not what you might know from other classes or your own culture.
In class: It is likely there will be a careful reading check. After that it is likely I will lecture on the main points of the chapter, using video material to illustrate what I seek to say. I will also amend some of what is said in the chapter about the "Golden Mean."
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: First half is big circle. Second half, sit where you can see the projector screen easily. Break will be late today (the screening of the video will take only about 30 minutes so we break at 11:15).
Before class: Check for announcements. There is nothing to do.
In class: We will review Monday and Tuesday, since these concepts will be key to the Independent Analysis to be assigned. Then I will in a very brief way discuss some modern issues. The second portion of the class is the screening of the video that is the basis for the analysis.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: Big circle, but there will be projector content so keep that in mind when choosing a location.
Before class: Check for announcements. Read ILN Chapter 27 (it is brief), Chapter 28, and watch for additional reading. The "sexual alchemy" section includes very graphic material. Some will be covered in class, but the full presentation is through reading for those who are not concerned about explicit sexual content.
In class: Discussion with some video presentation. Exercises are possible, depending on time available.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
This week we enter what will be the typical pattern for the entire second half of the term: ILN chapters assigned about Daoism, Confucianism, or Buddhism assigned and tested with film screenings. The films then become the basis for the IA work that is associated with CDE work. In practical terms this means that an IA is due very quickly after the screening of a film, and the CDE is started in class but probably not finished in class but, rather, there is a group meeting to help wrap things up. The final is an IA. IAs become progressively more challenging as I leave blank, for you to complete, some of the contract information.
More specifically —
Seating format: There will be a seating chart for the midterm. We then switch to "Movie-viewing mode." (exact timing: see below). This is essentially like "Lecture mode" (the regular arrangement of chairs" but PLEASE be considerate of the people sitting behind you. It can be very difficult to see subtitles for some. I noticed this last week. Think to yourself whether you are blocking someone's view (or ask) and feel free to move if you need to, even during the film.
Before class: Check for announcements. Study for the midterm, that's all that is required. You will be required to read the background information on "2046" for the next session. If you are comfortable with your test prep, you will find the movie makes much much more sense if you look at this material before today. Go back to the top page, scroll down, and find the link to "2046". This material is testable on Tuesday.
In class:
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: "Movie viewing mode"
Before class: Check for announcements. Read Sonic Top Page | For specific courses | 2046 > all the pages that begin "First Session"—anything beyond that which you use (such as listening to the music and learning about it) is extra credit.
In class: Might quiz quickly the film module content. We have to move quickly, however, in order to finish the film. Be in class on time ready to go. The quiz, if there is one, will start immediately and be finished in 4-5 minutes. Mainly this is screening the film, with me interrupting now and then.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. THERE IS AN IA DUE TONIGHT!
Seating format: "Big circle" for the first portion of class, then with your group for the second portion. Groups are announced at that time.
Before class: Check for announcements. Your IA must have been completed and submitted for you to be eligible to join a group. If you do not submit online the RESULTS and if you do not bring complete diagrams, you can still work in class, but not with a group. I will give you a prompt to complete. You will get half-credit for this work since you would otherwise score zero on the group work.
In class: We will have an open discussion on Daoism in love narratives and in "2046". Groups with then begin work on their CDE. I think you can expect to need one group meeting during the weekend to finish the entire assignment.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. Expect to meet one more time with your group sometime after this session and before the Sunday deadline.
Seating format: "Movie viewing mode"
Before class: Check for announcements. Read on bCourse > files > "Concepts – Han-jeong (Korea)" as much as you need to answer complex questions about "han" for a quiz.
In class: I might quiz the "han" material. Then we screen "The Housemaid".
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. There are extra credit opportunities over the weekend based on this film or this film + the 2010 remake of it.
This week is similar to last week in that there is a midterm on Monday, Tuesday is devoted entirely to screening a film with the IA due that night, and Wednesday has CDE work. What is new is that the primary topic is Confucianism, and secondary topics of "musubi" "harmony" and "natural love" are also introduced. The last segment of Thursday is a screening of segments from two films, as a way to consider"musubi" and "natural love." There is EC available over the weekend based on these film segments.
Seating format: There will be a seating chart for the midterm. Seating after that will be small groups, using bCourse group "190805 Confucianism."
Before class: Check for announcements. Read ILN 29 Confucianism. Prep for the midterm.
In class: The first segment of the class is the midterm. The last portion of the class is group work on Confucian ethics. There might in an optional segment in-between these two.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: "Movie viewing mode" — THE FILM IS 114 MINUTES. OUR CLASS USUALLY HAS 100 MINUTES (WHEN THERE IS A 10-MINUTE BREAK PARTWAY THROUGH). SO, IN ORDER TO SCREEN THE MOVIE IN FULL, CLASS (SCREENING OF THE FILM) WILL BEGIN AT 10 AND THE BREAK WILL BE 5 MINUTES ONLY. IF YOU CANNOT ARRIVE ON TIME, PLEASE VIEW THE FIRST PORTION OF THE FILM BEFORE YOU ARRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE LATE, SIT NEAR THE DOOR.
Before class: Check for announcements. Read the background information for the film that is provided via the link of the Sonic top page (General statements, characters, director).
In class: There might be a written exercise to complete during the film that is based on either the portion of the film screened before 10:10, Confucian values, the reading assigned (above), or any combination of these.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *THERE IS AN IA DUE TONIGHT. IT WILL BE RELEASED AT NOON.
Seating format: First, "big circle" then you will break into groups that will be announced at that time.
Before class: Check for announcements. BE SURE TO BRING ALL NECESSARY PARTS OF YOUR IA TO CLASS. I will ask to see the diagrams at the beginning of class.
In class: Discussions and exercises on Daoism-Confucianism, Harmony-Order then CDE work.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *IF YOUR CDE IS NOT FINISHED, YOU WILL NEED TO MEET AT SOME TIME TO COMPLETE IT.
Seating format: First, "big circle" then "movie mode"
Before class: Check for announcements. Nothing to do.
In class:
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There will be an EC opportunity based on the film segments.
This week departs from the pattern of the last two weeks. 1) The Monday test is the same in terms of timing and structure; however, the content (Buddhism) requires more careful reading, the overall "flavor" of the tests leans more into analysis, and the grading will look closely at your ability to connect the content to the course goals. (I posted an announcement about this earlier.) 2) Much of the film viewing has been exported to time outside the class. 3) The last day is a final exam, for the full session.
Seating format: There will be a seating chart for the midterm. Seating after that will be "big circle."
Before class: Check for announcements. Prepare for the test.
In class: Midterm, then lecture and discussion/exercises on Buddhism.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *There is nothing in particular that you are expected to do after this session except consolidate your notes for the day if you have them.
Seating format: "Big circle" then, after the break, "movie-viewing mode."
Before class: Check for announcements. Read the Sonic details for this film: "General Statement," "Main Characters," and, especially, "Director".
In class: After some comments about the basis of this film (puppet theater) and some discussion / exercises around the topics of "musubi" and "fate," we begin screening "Dolls." You will need to finish watching the movie at home. This film is used for the final exam.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *Finish watching "Dolls" with care. The final will ask you to recall details. The portion of this film not screened in class might be tested tomorrow (Wednesday) in class.
Seating format: We begin in "lecture mode." Later we break into small groups.
Before class: Check for announcements. You should prepare any questions you might have if you were asked to create an entire IA contract and complete an IA (including diagrams) on your own. If there are no questions, we will move to the next segment of the class. I have nothing to say from my side about the final exam.
In class: Review for the final (if you have questions about IA construction ... I won't make comments about what the test itself will look like), sharing exercises (explained in class), student eval completion.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. VIEW IN FULL "3-IRON." It will be on the exam. While I am not assigning the Sonic page details about "3-Iron," if I were a student I would feel more empowered going into the final exam if I read the details there.
Seating format: There will be a seating chart.
Before class: Check for announcements. Prepare for the final. I cannot guarantee that I will be available for questions via email the day before the exam. You should have already asked those during the review session.
In class: The full time is devoted to the final exam.
After class: bCourse assignments are not listed here—see your bCourse calendar feed or our bCourse home page. *THERE WILL BE A REFLECTIONS DUE.