Friday, Jan. 30, 2009
The instructor went over the second half of chapter one, focusing mostly on the types of small groups and ethics in groups. First, however, we reviewed the first half of chapter one, focusing on such material as the difference between primary and secondary groups.
After reviewing the material, we discussed citation. The instructor showed a page from Hacker that told of the different kinds of citation styles.
We finished student introductions.
The instructor reviewed what to do for the next class, which is the readings (Chapter 2) and the "bad apple" program (at left).
Later the group questions for Tuesday will be posted here. Please review them to decide where your input will be most valuable.
Questions:
Sunday evening, February 1:
Here are the group discussion questions. Read them and decide to which group you will contribute the most:
Questions for “Bad Apple” discussion groups:
1. The lyrics for Michael Jackson’s song, “One Bad Apple Don’t Spoil the Whole Bunch” asks that the person not think poorly of the opposite sex because of a bad experience with one person. However, we learn from Professor Felps’ research that one bad apple can spoil a group.
Re-write or edit the lyrics to make the song concur with the research.
2. Look back on groups that you have been in and see if you can identify any of the three “bad apple” behaviors:
--depressive-pessimist
--slacker
--jerk
Did any of these behaviors affect your group? If it didn’t, what was going on in the group that helped it function effectively? If it did affect the group, tell about the behavior of the other group members and discuss how this behavior may or may not have led to an unsuccessful outcome.
3. Grouphate. People who hate to be in groups. Make a list of reasons you hate being in a group.
4. In the show, Professor Felps tells how one behavior managed to salvage the group when it has a bad apple in it. The diplomat’s son listened to other people. Discuss why you think this communication behavior might resolve group dysfunction from bad apple behavior?
5. Open discussion group OR grouplove (why you like being in groups). This group is also open to anyone who has come up with their own discussion topic from listening to the program.
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009
We started the class off by looking at a student's References page on the doc cam. The class critiqued it.
Then students exchanged their References page and another student checked it for errors. The instructor showed an example of each type of citation as we went through the different types of sources.
At a future class, the instructor will provide a handout of the differences between APA and MLA.
Next we went over the "Bad Apple" assignment. The links are in the Links column at left and are the first three links. This assignment is due next Tuesday, when we will break down into small groups to discuss what was discovered by Prof. Felps. Each group will have a question to discuss and will report back to the group as a whole.
Third on the agenda was to discuss some of the first chapter reading. The instructor used a .ppt to go through the different types of groups and the ones on which we will be focusing in this class.
Regarding citation, here is some information you will find helpful:
APA citation:
To do a hanging indentation in Word 2003:
Format-->Paragraph-->Indentation-->Special-->Hanging
Next class:
Instructor will return References page. Points given for this assignment.
Bring your book order; also bring three-ring notebook with category dividers. We will check them in. Points given for these tasks.
We will finish introductions.
Instructor will finish discussing Chapter 1.
Be working on "Bad Apples" assignment, which is due next Tuesday.
