TENTH TASK

DIRECTIONS: Based on the group discussions about "intercultural communication", write down and post in your personal blog a short paper about major stumbling blocks, or obstacles, to effective intercultural communication and ways to minimize them

NINTH TASK

DIRECTIONS: View one of the episodes of the daily show of Tal Cual, a television animated cartoon sponsored by the Colombian Consumer’s Association, and make and post in your own blog a critical analysis of the particular issue being focused.

EIGHTH TASK: A FIRST DRAFT OF MY FINAL PAPER

DIRECTIONS:  


First, read "Writing argumentative essays" by clicking on: http://www.logicstudent.com/intro/tutorial/preface.htm.

Second, make a first draft of your final paper based on the question you selected and on the outline you drew in the seventh task. 

Third, post your first draft in your own blog.

Fourth, exchange your first draft with one of your classmates in order to give each other critical and constructive feedback.

SEVENTH TASK: MAKE UP YOUR MIND

DIRECTIONS: Read the provoking questions posed by your classmates and by Peter McLaren once again, and choose the one which you would like to write your final essay about. In your own blog, and as a new post, write down the chosen question, and make an outline of the issues you are planning to include in your essay.

SIXTH TASK: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

DIRECTIONS:  Inspired by Peter McLaren`s socratic and reflective approach, write down here five critical questions about the relationships between our Colombian educational system and its historical, social, political, economic and cultural influences.

FIFTH TASK

DIRECTIONS:

At the end of his paper, Giroux states that "The point is that critical theory needs to be reformulated to provide the opportunity to both critique and elaborate its insights beyond the constraints and historical conditions under which they were firts generated" (p. 50). 

In your blog, answer this question: How do you think Frankfurt School thoughts can be applied to today in our own culture?

FOURTH TASK

DIRECTIONS:  Based on the initial conceptual and practical tasks you have carried out in the course, make a self evaluation of your knowledge, skills and attitudes in relation to critical thinking in your own blog.

THIRD TASK

Move your head forwards and backwards while looking at the black dot!

What happens? 

How would you explain this phenomenon?

SECOND TASK

What can you see in this picture?

FIRST TASK

DIRECTIONS: Based on the practical tasks we all carried out in our first class, write your initial notions about critical thinking and creative thinking in your personal blog. How you think critical thinking and creative thinking complement each other? Do not forget to visit the blogs of your classmates and challenge their posted arguments in a critical and creative way.