Outline:
This course aims to develop the students' self-reliance, co-operation and creative skills in a manner that the student can contribute to a team in a variety of environments (working with students from other departments, different age, and people from outside the school). Each group is to work with the instructor in charge and challenge themselves in creating something or perform activities that will bring happiness to someone other than the team members. Each team has to elaborate a plan and do its activities. The students will revise their plan after its presentation at a briefing session and retrospective evaluation.
Style:
2nd,3rd, and 4th academic year students from all four departments are randomly selected to compose a group with 8 to 9 students. After each student introduces themselves to the team, they will perform ice breaks and other activities that will help to build relationships within the group. Later the team will discuss and discover a problem to work with, make plans, divide roles among the members and work together toward a solution to the problem. Through working to solve this problem the students will achieve the goals of self-reliance, co-operation, and creativity. After the course start, make sure that you can contact the teacher in charge of the team. Based on the course rubric distributed in class each student has to establish individual goals. The course rubric is used to self-evaluation, mutual evaluation, and to evaluate the performance of each student. Every week at the end of the lesson, the student has to fill a retrospective sheet and set the next goal.
Notice:
The grading system of the course is composed on the self-evaluation by students, mutual evaluation, evaluation by the teacher in charge of the team (1), and multiple faculty members at the briefing session at the end of the term (2).
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Theme |
Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Course overall guidance, presentation of the members of each team, team building guidance, confirmation of course schedule, restrictions and advice regarding the activities, explanation of the evaluation method. Later team members and the team and the teacher in charge meet and work together on team building. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 2nd |
Each student set the activity targets, and self-goals. The team will discuss ideas and a theme to the activities. Later according to the team activity goal, the group will work on the implementation method, division of roles among the members and schedule, which will be summarized in an action plan. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 3rd |
Each student set the activity targets, and self-goals. The team will discuss ideas and a theme to the activities. Later according to the team activity goal, the group will work on the implementation method, division of roles among the members and schedule, which will be summarized in an action plan. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 4th |
Each student set the activity targets, and self-goals. The team will discuss ideas and a theme to the activities. Later according to the team activity goal, the group will work on the implementation method, division of roles among the members and schedule, which will be summarized in an action plan. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 5th |
Setting targets and planning activities, submit the action plan. According to the theme and goals of the team, the group will draw ideas and discuss them. The group will establish the activity goal, decide the method to achieve it, decide members’ role sharing, schedule, and summarize in a plan. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 6th |
Team activities: Work according to the action plan. The action plan may be modified/changed, according to schedule delay, the incompleteness of the implementation method, etc. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 7th |
Team activities: Work according to the action plan. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 8th |
No mid-term Exam |
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Team activities: Work according to the action plan. The action plan may be modified/changed, according to schedule delay, the incompleteness of the implementation method, etc. Prepare to the briefing session. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 10th |
Team activities: Work according to the action plan. The action plan may be modified/changed, according to schedule delay, the incompleteness of the implementation method, etc. Prepare to the briefing session. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 11th |
Team activities: Work according to the action plan. The action plan may be modified/changed, according to schedule delay, the incompleteness of the implementation method, etc. Prepare to the briefing session. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 12th |
Team activities: Work according to the action plan. The action plan may be modified/changed, according to schedule delay, the incompleteness of the implementation method, etc. Prepare to the briefing session. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 13th |
Briefing session: Report the activities of the team and listen to reports from other groups. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 14th |
Retrospective meeting and summary of activities: The group will discuss the results from the briefing session and review the team action plan. The students will evaluate individually and mutually their achieved points and goals, regarding self-reliance, co-operation, and creativity. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 15th |
Retrospective meeting and summary of activities: The group will discuss the results from the briefing session and review the team action plan. The students will evaluate individually and mutually their achieved points and goals, regarding self-reliance, co-operation, and creativity. |
To acquire Self-reliance, Co-operation and Creative Skills.
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| 16th |
No end-term Exam |
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