SOAP
- Social Observation and Analysis Presentation
Purposes:
A. To increase students' social awareness and research abilities
by
1. selecting a carefully defined social phenomenon/event which
they can "observe" personally by participating in
it, doing interviews and/or surveys. (topic too broad -- "The
difference between American culture and Taiwanese culture";
very difficult to observe: American college students' dating
ritual.)
2. analyzing their experience/data, with the
support of academic articles or newspaper discussion;
B. To continue to develop students' abilities
1. to work closely with their group mates, and
2. to present their findings and analysis vividly and engagingly
to their fellow students from another section.
Related files:
Proposal
form; Teacher
Response form;
Student
Response form
Topic List (2006)
(2007)
(2008)
Related Links:
1) Quantity
and Quality Research (Chinese): ¶q¤Æ
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2) Questionnaire
Design (Chinese)
3) Questionnaire:
Sampling (a Chinese summary)
4) Survey
Research (from the Writing
Guides of Colorado State U.)
Important dates:
2009/10/02, Fri. SOAP Topics final due day
2009/10/23, Fri. SOAP proposal due
2009/12/01, Tues& 12/04, Fri. - SOAP; each
presentation takes 40 mins, followed by 10 mins' discussion.
