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As part of your final assessment for this course students are required to complete
a culminating task. The purpose of this assignment is to provide another summative
assessment piece for the course, in addition to the final examination. The culminating
task is worth 10% of your final mark and the final examination is worth 20% of your
final mark.
For this culminating task, each student is required to make a scrapbook of media
(articles, commentaries or blogs, audio or video commentaries, print ads etc.) that relate
to the overall expectations of the course. The media can come from newspapers,
periodicals, Internet articles, websites or physical items that you have encountered. You
are required to find ONE item for Units 1-4 [Philosophical Foundations,
Epistemology, Metaphysics and Ethics]. For each of the 4 entries, a short reflection
must be submitted that includes the following:
1) A written summary explaining what the article/item is about.
2) An explanation that shows how the article/item relates to a particular course
expectation.
3) An explanation on how we addressed this expectation in our class work.
4) A reflection on what your thoughts are, in relation to that course expectation, as
well as any questions that you hope to pursue in the future.
For Unit 5 you are to review The Process of Philosophic Inquiry (pp. 16-20 in the
text). State one philosophic conclusion or point of view that you have formed over the
course of your life experiences. Be sure to follow the steps of philosophic inquiry.
Explain why and how you have arrived at this philosophic conclusion. Provide
supporting arguments to defend your philosophic conclusions. Identify at least 1
philosopher examined in the course, which you believe would be in agreement with your
philosophy and explain why you feel this way. Identify at least 1 philosopher examined in
the course, which you believe would be in disagreement with your philosophy and
explain why you feel this way.
Your assignment can be submitted as an actual scrapbook with the articles/media
and reflections pasted into the book. You could also create a webpage with links to the
different media and have the reflections posted on the webpage (check out weebly.com
for a free and easy-to-use website builder). If you would like to propose an alternate
format to display your scrapbook, please speak with me first.
The due date for this culminating task is January 18, 2017. Try to include a
variety of different media in your scrapbook. Below is a list of the overall expectations
for each unit in this course.
Unit 2 Epistemology
Unit 3 Metaphysics
Unit 4 Ethics
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Level 1
- Media entries chosen
and reflections rarely
demonstrate knowledge
and understanding of
the course expectations.
- Reflections show little
evidence of knowledge
and understanding of
how course
expectations were
reached in class work.
THINKING
- Personal reflection
and inquiry on the
overall expectations of
the course.
- Use of processing
skills in reflections
(e.g., discerning,
selecting, analyzing,
synthesizing,
evaluating, detecting
point of view and bias,
forming conclusions)
COMMUNICATION
- Proper use of English
conventions, spelling
and grammar in written
reflections.
- Expression and
organization of ideas
and information is
clear, concise and
neatly presented.
APPLICATION
- Reflections
demonstrate a
connection made by the
student between the
course expectations and
the media selected.
- A variety of different
media were used and
instructions were
followed.
- Reflections rarely
demonstrate a
connection made by the
student between the
course expectations and
the media selected.
- A variety of different
media was rarely used
and instructions were
rarely followed.
Level 2
- Media entries chosen
and reflections
demonstrate some
knowledge and
understanding of the
course expectations.
- Reflections show
some evidence of
knowledge and
understanding of how
course expectations
were reached in class
work.
- Some personal
reflection and inquiry
on the overall
expectations of the
course.
- Some use of
processing skills in
reflections
Level 3
- Media entries chosen
and reflections
demonstrate a good
knowledge and
understanding of the
course expectations.
- Reflections show
good evidence of
knowledge and
understanding of how
course expectations
were reached in class
work.
- Good personal
reflection and inquiry
on the overall
expectations of the
course.
- Good use of
processing skills in
reflections
Level 4
- Media entries chosen
and reflections
demonstrate an
excellent knowledge
and understanding of
the course expectations.
- Reflections always
show evidence of
knowledge and
understanding of how
course expectations
were reached in class
work.
- Excellent personal
reflection and inquiry
on the overall
expectations of the
course.
- Excellent use of
processing skills in
reflections
- Reflections often
demonstrate a
connection made by the
student between the
course expectations and
the media selected.
- A variety of different
media was often used
and most instructions
were followed.
- Reflections always
demonstrate a
connection made by the
student between the
course expectations and
the media selected.
- A variety of different
media was always used
and all instructions
were followed.