Part II: Assessment of Class
5. Do you feel this class was structured in a way to require
equal participation from all class members?
Yes
because whether you were a talkative person or not you had to
still contribute to the group, and give info to the speaker of
the group so he could represent the goals and ideas of the country.
In this class people not participating wasn't really an issue,
Catherine, demanded too much for us to stand idle, however I am
not saying it was too much work.
The different roles allowed for different tasks to be completed
but everyone was able to contribute equally. The class was a success
because it prompted the participants to take their own initiative-and
everybody did.
Yes, because if there was not equal participation the influence
of the group as a whole would have been incredibly weak. In my
group I think that when we had issues we wanted to push it took
all of us researching to come up with strength so that we could
push our issues on to the other countries carbon trading and non-CO2
gases were what we wanted and we all worked hard so that we could
get them involved and it worked.
I was skeptical because of all of the group assignments but every
effort I took part in there was a very even dispersal of effort.
I think maybe the NGO or media might have felt overwhelmed because
they were studying broad topics but in the same token countries
spent a lot of time on specifics I think everyone had to do their
fair share of the work.
I'm not sure if the class "required" equal participation
of all members. However, I do think the class gave the opportunity
for all the members to express themselves as much as they desired.
I thought our class was exceptionally motivated to work within
and outside of class, which contributed to the high level of work
accomplished.
Yes I think so because I never really felt I had nothing to do,
I was either busy with a presentation or helping do the research
for people.
The structure of equal participation was definitely an aspect
that needs improvement. Many of the assignments were undertaken
by the same students, while others did not contribute nearly as
much. This could be improved by better outlining assignments for
lab and giving more structure to weekly presentations and debates.
This class required equal participation from all members, but
the ability for everyone to participate was sometimes hindered.
In the beginning of the course, it was obvious the outspoken participants,
from the shy. This often led to narrow minded discussions. Perhaps,
more structure surrounding equal participation was needed.