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As part of the FIPSE grant's 21st century skills (or general education core skills) integration effort into MCC's course curriculum, the following projects will apply to ISC 1143 The CAP Paper: The Community Activity Projects incorporates several 21st century skills including communications skills and information management skills (searching for and identifying appropriate information, interviewing, writing); community skills (interest and participation in issues for the common good); interpersonal skills (develop interviewing skills); and technology skills (gleaning websites for target information, sending/receiving emails etc.). Group Activities: Two activities that require students to work and present projects in groups of three (or two in classes than 20 students). These activities emphasize the cultivation of personal and interpersonal skills. Debating Activities: At the rudimentary levels of college education, most students are less confident of their language skills. This lack of confidence is typically portrayed by the fear of public speaking or vocal self-expression. The "cornucopian vs environmentalist debate" will encourage students to develop opinions on specific controversial issues, think critically, and communicate these opinions to their peers in a effective, and congenial manner or atmosphere. Although the gist of this exercise is to improve students' communication, because it is practicing how to agree and disagree, it is another example of applying critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills.   |
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