Lectures Notes
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Value proposition for a University: what value do you get and how does that fit into this course?
1.) Learn critical/analytical thinking.
2.) Learn content; how to construct a professional argument that data support a scientific model.
3.) Personal development; “The responsibility for us as teachers is to help our students understand that they must be active participants in the creation of their own character and to insist they do so even in the face of discomfort or adversity.” President of University of Portland. This is a bit like the value proposition of insurance being peace of mind (the value is not obvious). The value proposition of an education is character development (responsibility, civility, leadership, tolerance, . .). Here you practice this in group work and class discussions. http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cas/liberalartseducation.html
