Approach #1: By focusing on Ungars common misperceptions of the liberal arts paired with Scheuer’s ideas about liberal arts value compared to STEM disciplines, I will argue that the value of the liberal arts depends on the individual circumstantially. In “7 Misperceptions About the Liberal Arts,” Ungar brings attention to several views on the liberal Read More …
Annotations: Questions: List the courses you’re currently taking. Write a brief description of each that includes where it fits in the Core, the big questions the class is considering, and how you prepare for/participate in it. Take note of similarities among the classes as well as how their approaches differ. Q1 PART 1: Courses ENV104: Read More …
Review the templates Graff and Birkenstein provide in Chapter 7 and look over Scheuer’s and Ungar’s articles. Take note of 3-4 examples where you see them making similar moves, or setting out the contrast between their thinking and others’. Ex. 1: Ungars whole essay is based around what other people commonly think versus what he Read More …
The liberal arts allows students, even those in STEM, to obtain skills that allow them to be more versatile thinkers and successful workers in the future. Both Scheuer and Ungar agree on this point. In his “7 Major Misperceptions About the Liberal Arts,” Sanford J. Ungar addresses, as the title suggests, significant misperceptions about the Read More …
ANNOTATIONS: READING QUESTIONS: Ungar lists 7 “misperceptions”. Pick 4 of these and write a 3-5 sentence summary for each one (What do many people think? What does Ungar think?). Pick ONE quote (include it in the HW response), and respond to or comment on the quote. MISPERCEPTION #1: The first misperception that Ungar explains is Read More …
Both Newstok and Scheur agree that students ability’ to think critically is perhaps the most useful skill they can obtain from their education. In his “Critical Thinking and the Liberal Arts,” Scheur brings attention to the lack of understanding of the liberal arts and the value that they hold in comparison to the STEM related Read More …
Annotations: Questions for Engaging with Scheuer: Question #1: What do you think of when you hear the phrase “liberal arts”? A1: Before I read this article, when I thought of “liberal arts,” I usually associated it with politics, such as fields concerning law, literature, history, writing, and so on. Question #2: Scheuer writes that there Read More …
The first draft of Essay 1 was very incomplete and was missing a final paragraph and conclusion. In order to fulfill these gaps in the essay, I added a third body paragraph and made it counterclaim, and added a conclusion paragraph as well. I didn’t add many quotations in the final draft, except for ones Read More …
Below is a PDF version of the Rough Draft, along with a link to view peer comments. https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Xz5hnlNBz99GKicbVWwpY8D6ryGOfyjOiKxl4zFPCI/edit?usp=sharing Below is a PDF version of the Final Draft, along with a link. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_C6OyzLAxxmEv_yRJ_zT0Fk6iJVgJZ9QFtfr7EA0mEQ/edit?usp=sharing
