Course Learning Objective

Core Course Student learning How the concept is related to My specific plan to apply this concept

objective/concept from Core Course my problem or question: this week is:

1. Design Thinking The goal is to find a solution Research and interview people from the

Learning Objective: Innovation, to the issue of political town of Yadkinville, asking them about

human-centered, and Finds solutions to discourse splitting families their relationship with friends and family

the problems. and people and how to due to politics and its effects it had on

rebuild the fracturing them.

relationship structure as well

as the debating methods.

2. Systems Thinking The concept will be applied The plan to apply the concept this week

Learning Objective: Understanding in understanding how politics is ask a specific question to start the

structure of relationships and influence influenced families and conversation and how they view the

in our view. friends and how it caused question as a step to rebuilding

discourse among people. relationships with people.

3. Global Awareness and The concept will be applied The plan is to ask people for their beliefs

Intercultural Competence in understanding and understanding their view on the

Learning Objective: Understanding Yadkinville’s culture and question on what affects them on the

identity and culture from a perspective. identity in the community, local level. Starting small it can re-

Highlights the contrast between human how it understands and engage people and have critical

rights and justice. highlights each and their own meaningful discussion. This discussion

view of morals and identity would be issues on what affects them at

on their values. home.

4. Understanding Data Data is important, I believe Data will be written down by surveying

Learning Objective: Understanding research helps bring truth to people or asking them if politics have

data and data literacy (if data is the data by observing and broken families and friends apart, even if

credible). surveying people if politics they are not members of the town as they

caused people to lose live close by.

relationship with others.

5. Contemporary Media Literacies Media highlights how social Media can be used to combat

Learning Objective: Understanding media influences people and misinformation and bring tools to

media and its influence as well as its the background of history understanding better in discussion. Not

history. into politics. Politics affect only can it build better debates, but it

people on a social structure, also leaves a chance of raising awareness

so it impacts how people are to tools to combat and improve literacy

informed and decide whether and understand morals of right and

the issue is a big concern for wrong. To implement would involve

each one of them. someone to intervene in debates and

publicly display information to be

informed.
 6. Self-Awareness I believe being empathetic to Being unaffiliated and engaging with

Learning Objective: Understanding others is important to bring people of different backgrounds may

oneself. out information that is not help me reach for answers and better

These values are respect, integrity, only sensitive, but also build solutions into the problem. I believe

honesty. One such mention to hold is connections with others to bringing empathy and laying the

empathy. improve the communities groundwork in respecting beliefs and

crumbling social structure values may get people to re-engage with

and hold onto their values in other members of the community and

a respectful way. bring back not only discussion back with

family, but also the debate structure that

is more meaningful and with integrity.