"Storyteller" Pueblo Pottery: Artist Unknown

This page is reserved for  comments on issues that have arisen during the course around this topic which will, hopefully lead to further reflection by both the professor and the students. inquiries about assignments and/or course procedures. Students can contribute to this page by posting an e-mail message to the professor at Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu

1. How do I send written work to the professor? (05/11/09)
Careful attention to the following process should minimize problems in the transmission.

• Send your work in MS WORD format.

• Be sure to include your name, date, and title of the assignment at the beginning of the body of the text.

• Name your file by using  your last name and the number of the assignment.

• Go to your appropriate e-mail carrier.

• Insert the professor's address.

• Insert the course for which the assignment has been written as the "subject."

• Click on "attachment."

• To check to see if your assignment has been successfully transmitted, send a copy (cc.) to yourself. If you receive it, the professor has probably received it.

• Always keep a back up copy for yourself.

• Be sure that the disk which you use to send the "electronic" is not contaminated by a virus.

2. In doing a case study, what is the role of conceptual analysis? (05/11/09)
Conceptual analysis means examining an issue by resolving it into its component or essential parts. This is a "general" and "abstract" exercise. Then the concept is applied to the issue in the case. For example, first look at what is involved with the concept of "virtue" or "being a professional" or "quality of life" or what it means to have a "right" in general and then apply it to the case at hand.

3. What do I mean by "human values?" (05/11/09)
Human values are those values that play a central role in the life of every human being regardless of his/her cultural situation, gender, racial identity, etc. They are those values that you probably attempted to identify in your Humanities Base courses when you talked about "what it means to be human." A good example of a human value might be "honesty." Isn't this of central importance to everyone. How about "safety?"  How about a "dignity?" Now you probably get the idea.

A note about my participation in the Threaded Discussions. I do monitor the Threaded Discussion as you are working on them. However, I rarely enter into the discussion itself. My approach is that my students should battle over issues without my interloping. I frequently find that, if I were inclined to say something in the midst of a discussion, by exercising a bit of patience, one of the members of the group would say something similar. So I do not want students to wait for an "authoritative" statement on my part. The dialogue creates its own form of authority.