We do a Language Journal at Liverpool Hope but this is an individual
assignment and what students have to do is to find a real life
situation that they have encountered that relates to what they have
learnt on the course and apply one of the theories to discuss the
situation. They have to do this every week but they're only assessed
on 4 journal entries. Each week they get the opportunity to discuss
their entries during seminar time and to think about whether they have
used an appropriate theory. The journal entry is in two parts; first
they have to describe the situation and secondly, they have to analyse
the situation using an appropriate theory. They are allowed to write
as much as they want for the situation, the analysis however, has to
be 500 words. Hope this helps.
Manel
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> Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 15:40:20 +0100
> From: Dave Sayers <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: weekly learning diaries
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> Hi folks,
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> Does anyone have any experience of using these? I'm thinking about this as a possible
> accompaniment to a group project in a first year module. It would enable individual
> students to demonstrate more transparently their individual contributions, while also
> hopefully encouraging a steadier pace of work throughout the project, avoiding a rush
> job at the end. They would be formally graded as part of the overall assessment.
>
> Concerns include:
> - What weighting should this receive, relative to the group project?
> - How difficult/labour intensive would this be to assess each week?
> - How susceptible is it to gaming/faking?
> - Might it work against the group ethos if they're having to write individually all
> the way through the project?
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> And so on. Anyone's experiences - positive, negative, whatever - very much appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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