27 July 2009

Week 7 (9 Nov - 13 Nov)

Topics:
1. Citation
2. Plagiarism and academic integrity
3. Education and Expertise 2: Discuss Rodriguez

Required reading / viewing / listening:
Rodriguez, R. "The Achievement of Desire."

Homework due:
Response paper 5
In class this week, we will discuss how Freire might make sense of the story Rodriguez tells in "The achievement of desire." To prepare for this, read Making Connections #1 in Ways of Reading (8th ed., p. 256), and write a brief (250 to 400 word) page in which you outline how Freire would interpret Rodriguez's story.

In-class assessment:
Quiz 5
fallacies

Identify the fallacy.
ad hominem

circular reasoning
non sequitur
slippery slope
equivocation
false alternatives
post hoc
spurious relationship / correlation
hasty generalization
fallacy of the continuum
loaded question

Instructors and administrators should not be permitted to come to student council meetings because student council meetings should be for students only.

My academic advisor suggested to me that I should take logic because logic, he said, teaches one how to argue. But I think that people argue too much as it is. Therefore, I do not intend to take any course in logic, and I think that perhaps logic shouldn't be taught at all. It will only contribute to increasing the tension that already exists in the world.


You can't believe what he says about the economy because he doesn't even have a job.

Either learn how to operate a computer of you will never have a decent job.

Why is it that the children of divorce are emotionally more unstable than those children raised in unbroken homes?

You're trying to quit smoking? But surely just one more cigarette can't make any real difference.

Since the new mayor took office, unemployment has risen. The mayor should be tossed out of office.

If we ban alcohol at staff parties, soon we'll see bans on coffee and tea as well.

As sales of ice cream increase, so do incidents of drowning. Therefore, consuming ice cream leads to more deaths by drowning.

If you buy this car, your family will be safer.