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NCLC 110 teaches the student to grow as a
learner. In every class session the goal each student hopes to walk out with is
to learn from each other and their surroundings. Diversity is always celebrated
and strived for in this course. It is looked as strength and never a weakness. NCLC
110 allowed students to meet and learn about more about a lot of people. This
class really helped students to break down their barriers. Another goal of NCLC
110 was to establish a set of competencies that students needed to master by
the end of the course. The four competencies were: communication, information technology,
critical thinking, and group interaction. For communication one was to interact
during class, state his or her opinions after a reading, and to discuss relevant
topics that were brought up. Information technology allowed students to create
their own web pages so they can enhance their computer skills. This also was a
way to make learning fun and creative. Critical thinking was demonstrated by
fully understanding and comprehending stories and class assignments. After
every reading or paper assignment students were to come to class prepared with
thought out arguments and questions about everything read or done. Group
interaction especially in NCLC 110 was profoundly used on the daily. The
Hemlock experience is a prime example of group interaction. Students were to
work with their study groups in order to complete rope courses. Group
interaction really helped students to bond and learn a lot from others. In addition,
the books students are to have during NCLC 110 are “The Arlington Reader” and “Norton.”
These two books are a valuable key to the student’s success. “The Arlington
Reader” was packed with many stories that helped the student to understand
social issues, modern technology, and diversity better. Whereas, “Norton” purpose
was to teach students how to become a better writer, how to reinterpret stories,
and how to take better notes so one can understand them fully.
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NCLC 130 teaches the student how to analysis and
think critical on reading and many topics learned in and out of class. Students
are to broaden their minds and think out of the box. In this course one is to
look at the world around them and analysis the ideas and philosophies and
compare them to the ideas of different philosophers or a different time period.
Generally speaking students are to focus in depth of each reading they do and
come prepared to class to discussion fully why they believe their ideas and
assumptions are correct. NCLC 130 also allows students to learn about the real
world. It allows them to see the truth behind what is really going on in the
world today. For example every student learns about globalization and its
impacts on the world. They learn about globalization through class discussion,
research, readings, and movies. The competencies learned in NCLC 110 group
interaction came into play when students had to research with their study
groups in class why or why not globalization was something good for the world. NCLC
130 allows every classmate to become more conscious of what is going on around
them, and teaches them how to become active and savvy citizens. Thinking in
depth is the main purpose of this course and it helps students not only for
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The shift of thinking between NCLC 110 to 130 was
that in NCLC 110 students are to reflect more on topics than to think them out critically.
Both of these courses challenge the student to learn interactively and discuss
topics in class. Also, in both NCLC 110 and 130 group interaction is encouraged
highly. Communication and information technology also play a huge role in both
courses. Communication is used when students discuss readings, movies, field
trips, and everyday news. Information technology has been used in both courses
to show the students work online so they can demonstrate their understanding in
a creative and modern manner.
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