Assignments

You will find all assignments here. The list is organized by the date the assignment is due.

December 14-19:
Your evaluation conference will be scheduled by your seminar leader during this week. Students in Thad's and Chuck's seminar are asked to bring their self-evaluation drafts to the conference. Nancy has made other arrangements.

December 11:
Touching the Rock. Write a one-page, "What are the main points?" exercise and formulate three questions for seminar.

December 9:
The Soundscape, ch's 8-"Epilogue," pp. 123-262. Rather than an essay, write a one-page, "What are the main points?" exercise and formulate three questions for seminar. [I apologize for posting this assignment so late; last Thursday, we announced the change in the writing assignment. --CP]

December 9:
For the last Tuesday meeting, read the Perry article, which presents a developmental model for interpreting the experiences of college students at Harvard in the '80s. Think about why it is a "developmental" model. It isn't Piagetian theory; it isn't even about little kids. What's conserved across the transformation from Piaget's theories to Perry's? Also think about how it fits or doesn't fit with your experiences of college so far... Bring the article to class.

December 8:
Project essays are due, and so is your lab notebook. School notebooks should be turned is as soon as you have written up the project carried out with your elementary school kids.

December 4 and 8:
Project presentations have been scheduled for these days. Your project essay is due on Dec. 8. The assignment is described under "Writing" in the Day 1 Handout. On the Resources page, you will find links to style guidelines, which were mentioned in the Nov. 18 email.

December 4:
The Soundscape, introduction and ch's 1-7, pp. 3-119. Write a one-page, "What are the main points?" exercise and formulate three questions for seminar.

December 2:
Also read "Olfaction and Transition" by David Howes for seminar today. This was handed out and assigned on Dec. 1. Copies can be found in the box outside Nancy and Chuck's offices in Lab II.

December 2:
Sound and Sentiment, read chapters 3, 4, and 5. Please write a regular 3-5 page paper for this seminar.

For the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, read the selection about shadows from Duckworth. (It's in the box in the lounge down the hall from Nancy's office on the second floor of LAB 2, if you didn't get it in class.) It is basically description - highlights from her observations of a student teacher working with children about exploring their experiences of shadows. Before our class, please go through it carefully; consider each of the things she describes the children saying and doing, and think about what you might be able to infer (if anything) about how the kids perceive and understand shadows from each observation she makes. (Basically, this is an exercise in what we want you to try to do with your classroom experience(s) for the kids... describe what they did and said in the experiences you planned, and then discuss what you think you might be able to infer (if anything) from those observations. Bring the handout to class

November 20:
Sound and Sentiment, please read chapters 1, 2 and 6. Write a one-page, "What are the main points?" exercise and formulate three questions for seminar. We will soon announce edits for the middle chapters, which are assigned for Tuesday, Dec. 2. Links for audio files accompanying Feld are now on the Resources page.

November 18:
Here-ings, our only seminar on this book. You have the choice of writing your 3-5 p. essay on this book or on Orality and Literacy.

November 18:
Please bring your school journal to the Tuesday morning meeting, and: (1) Read the little pieces we marked in the Anderson article, and think about how they relate to the list of points in Holt/ Piaget; bring the article; (2) Bring the piece of paper with the arithmetic problems on it ; (3) Read and bring the selections with the kid's drawings on the front.

November 17:
There will be no lab, but everyone has agreed to meet in the lab space for Nancy's lecture between 10:30 and 12:00. Thad will lecture in the morning on Enlightenment thought and Perfume.

November 13:
Post at least one question you would like Turin to address during the video conference with him next Friday. There is a discussion site in web-x for this purpose. Each student is required to post.

November 13:
Orality and Literacy, pp. 1-135, the first seminar on this book. Write a one-page, "What are the main points?" exercise and formulate three questions for seminar.

November 11:
Perfume, the second seminar on this book. No essay is assigned for this seminar.

November 10:
Post in Web-X and give your seminar leader a copy of a report on you research project. This should include three things: (1) details on what you have done; (2) a bibliography of materials and sites you have been using; (3) your plans for your presentation -- with an estimate of time, any special needs you have for space, equipment etc. You will find a folder for these postings on the web-site, and a discussion site for posting them that is specific to your seminar group. Please take time to read through the project reports posted in seminar groups other than your own.

November 10:
Download and study the lab notes posted for this lab.

November 6:
The exam will be given between 1 and 3, in our regular seminar rooms.

November 4-6:
Use the unscheduled time to study for the exam. Get together in small study groups. Preparation will take more than a few hours.

November 4, morning:
"Equilibration" by Piaget. See the "epist./psych" page.

November 3:
Download and study the lab notes posted for this lab. Please bring your copy with you. We also will be completing the lab of October 27. Lab notebooks are due today at 5pm.

October 30:
Perfume, the first seminar on this book. Write a one-page, "What are the main points?" exercise and formulate three questions for seminar.

October 28:
Aroma, second half, chapers 4-6, pp. 123-205. Please write a regular 3-5 page paper for this seminar.

October 27:
Download and study the lab notes posted for this biology lab.

October 23:
Aroma, first half, chapers 1-3, pp. 1-122. Write a one-page, "What are the main points?" exercise and formulate three questions for seminar.

October 21:
Read the rest of The Scented Ape, i.e. Chapters 7-9. Please write a regular 3-5 page paper for this seminar.

October 20:
Analyze the date for the labs of Oct. 6 and Oct. 13. Links to the data sets will be found on the "biology" page. Include your analyses in your lab note books.

October 16:
Prepare for the first seminar on The Scented Ape: read Preface, Chapter 1; Chapter 2, pp. 12-13 (middle), pp. 29 (2d paragraph)-33(end of 1st paragraph) and Summary, pp 45-48; Chapter 3, pp. 49-55, picture on p. 59, pp. 62-70 (to "Saliva and Urine"), pp. 72 ("Human Body Odors")-74 (end of 1st paragraph); Chapter 4, first read the Summary, pp. 116-119, then the rest of the chapter; Chapter 5, all; Chapter 6, all. Also, please note, write a one page "What are the main points?" synopsis plus three questions (ones that can be fruitfully addressed in seminar). [We are switching around the writing assignments: be sure to read Thad's email of 10/10/03.]

October 14:
In the morning workshop we will be studying the first few pages of "Rule XII" of Descartes' Rules for the Direction of Mind. If you would like to read over these pages before the workshop, you will find them by following the "epist./psych." navigation link at the top of this page.

October 14:
Finish Burr, The Emperor of Scent, and write a one page "What are the main points?" synopsis plus three questions (ones that can be fruitfully addressed in seminar).

October 13:
Notes for the lab on Monday, "Is Seeing Believing?", can be found by following the "biology" navigation link at the top of this page.

October 7-9:
We will discuss Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek while on retreat at Fort Flagler. Write as usual for Tuesday's seminar (one page on her main points+ 3 questions). A writing assignment for Thursday will be given at Fort Flagler.

October 6:
Notes for the lab on Monday, "OLFACTORY FATIGUE AND MEMORY" -- Please look at these ahead of time, if possible.

October 2:
Read Burr, The Emperor of Scent, Part I (up to p. 183). Write your first Thursday seminar paper.

September 30:
Read Oliver Sacks, An Athropologist on Mars, preface, and pp. 3-76. In addition, read "The Dog Beneath the Skin," another essay by Sacks, which will be distributed Sept. 29th. Write your first Tuesday seminar paper: formulate the main points Sacks would have us understand and three questions you would like to discuss.