Starter 8.27: Causes of Partisan Perceptions
Choose several of the items on this list and discuss where you have seen the principles in play in society. Think about yourself and your own views. Do you find yourself falling victim to any of these causes of partisan perception? Or think about the climate of information we are living in. What are examples of people seeing the same events/ideas in different ways. Why does this happen?
What is confirmation bias? How does our media environment feed our confirmation bias in today’s politically divided society and keep us from having our ideas shaken and disturbed?
SEMINAR!
What kind of classroom environment do we want to create this year? What kinds of norms and dispositions to we need to achieve it?
This seminar will be a rotating fish bowl. The seminar itself will be for participation credit rather than a letter grade. The reflection will be the graded part of this assignment. Please use the seminar to process your thoughts and listen to the ideas of others with an open mind.
Seminar Guidelines
- Review Seminar Norms and Conversation Movers
- Review Seminar Rubric (ungraded, but we are still looking for the same behaviors)
- When you are not active in the inside circle, you should be listening intently, jotting down notes, and processing your own thoughts and perspectives.
- Rotating Fish Bowl Style
- Groups A-B (15 minutes)
- Groups B-C (15 minutes)
- Groups C-D (15 minutes)
- Groups D-A (15 minutes)
- Open Discussion
GROUP A
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GROUP B
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GROUP C
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GROUP D
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Rainey
Xavier
Zoe
Annabelle
Payton
Zac
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Logan
Anika
Gabby
David
Cloe
Taylor
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Sara
Ori
Sage
Jordan
Jackson
Elise
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Aldo
Liam
Alli
Noelle
Jake
Alex
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Seminar Reflection (in Digital Comp Book)
- What are your main take-aways from this seminar? What new understandings do you have now that you didn't have before?
- What are your wishes and fears about Humanities class this year? What do you want our classroom environment to be like this year?
- How will you personally contribute to creating this environment?