*Use this more as a guideline also for self-evaluation
Attendance (10%): Can miss one class or two tardies--if special circumstance put on self-evaluation, field trip (conference, organization, Game Boi)
Participation (20%): Engagement with other students, sense of how each individual is contributing to the class (i.e. active listening), did you engage with some out of class experience
Facilitation (20%): Make sure you facilitate twice, did the questions you put up on the blog spark conversation, did you engage with the material and try to provoke discussion, grade both in side and out of class preparation,
understand that facilitation as opportunity to practice our unique skill sets
Blog (10%): Completion, how engaging, submitted before Tuesday at midnight
Creative Project (20%): "Our Final" An extended conversation/reflection. A way to connect to your experience and share what you thought was valuable, whatever form you want that to take i.e. 1.) extended blog post about experiences in and out of class, field trips, clubbing, participating in certain events 2.) class discussion.
Syllabus + Reader (20%):
Here are the ideas we had for next year's syllabus:
- Asian American pop culture/new media (incorporating media, transnationalism, and immigration)
- South Asian American experiences
- Asian American organizing and Asian Americans in politics
- Environmental politics and food justice
- Asian American religious communities (with a transnational/postcolonial critique)
Some questions to think about in designing the syllabus include:
- How do we make sure that we are not replicating existing ASAM courses and that we are maximizing the student-led aspect of the course?
- How do we design a syllabus that has a narrative chronology and an intellectual, theoretical, and/or methodological coherency?
- What is the story that this class is telling?
- What are significant elements of successful classes?
- What can the class produce?
We would like to ground the course with:
- attention to critical pedagogy
- mid-semester course evaluations
- a variety of materials, methods, and class practices
