Back when the course started, in August, I wrote:
"You have to write an individual essay twice during the course; in the beginning and in the end. Writing these essays are compulsory."
The time to write the concluding second essay has now come. This essay replaces other forms of course evaluations. Do note that it is compulsory to write this essay and you will not get your course credits registered if you haven't written both essays (for those who for some reasons did not write the first essay, see further instructions below).
/Daniel
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/Daniel
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Please download and use the template that is available in Bilda ("Documents/FoM essay 2") when you write your text. Use your family name when you name your file ("Pargman essay 2") and upload it to the "drop box" that has been created exclusively for this purpose in Bilda ("Contents/Essay 2"). Do note that you can only upload the file formats .doc, .docx (MS Word) or .pdf to the drop box.
The deadline for handling in the essay is Monday December 17 (23.59), i.e. ten days after the final presentation. Do note that English or Swedish is ok. If you miss the deadline, there is a new deadline on Friday Jan 4 at 12.00 (officially last day of the autumn semester). The task is neither very comprehensive nor time-consuming.
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The essay consists of three parts:
1A. "Instead of a course evaluation".
- What were in your opinion the two (or three) best things about the course?
- What were in your opinion the two (or three) worst things about the course?
- What are your (perhaps two or three) suggestions for how to change/improve the course?
- What is your most important advice to next year's students who will take the course?
You are of course allowed to posit more than three suggestions (etc.), but plese don't answer each question with just a few words or a sentence each. State your opinions and then exemplify, explain and back them up. I will not specify a set length, but do not just enumerate stuff without also including (a brief) explanation.
1B. "The project"
Taking into account that this is a project course, I am interested in creating structures for the project phase (Oct-Dec) that help project groups work with limited resources (primarily time) and still deliver high-quality results. What is your own evaluation of your project group's work effort? Did you reach the quality you aimed/wished for in the allotted time and with the resources available? Did group members have similar priorities, or did you have different opinions about some things? Knowing what you know now, what could/should you have done differently?
NOTE: I ask this question because 1) I have little insights into the work processes of individual project groups during the last two months and 2) I want to improve the course for next year. Your comments might thus refer to "mistakes" or unfortunate decisions you made in your group as well as aspects of the course that could be improved in order to clarify and support the work of the project groups better.
Taking into account that this is a project course, I am interested in creating structures for the project phase (Oct-Dec) that help project groups work with limited resources (primarily time) and still deliver high-quality results. What is your own evaluation of your project group's work effort? Did you reach the quality you aimed/wished for in the allotted time and with the resources available? Did group members have similar priorities, or did you have different opinions about some things? Knowing what you know now, what could/should you have done differently?
NOTE: I ask this question because 1) I have little insights into the work processes of individual project groups during the last two months and 2) I want to improve the course for next year. Your comments might thus refer to "mistakes" or unfortunate decisions you made in your group as well as aspects of the course that could be improved in order to clarify and support the work of the project groups better.
1C. "Closing the circle"
Go back and re-read the essay you handed in at the beginning of the term (if you absolutely can't locate it, send a mail to Daniel Pargman and you will get it in return).
In that first essay (the instructions are here) you wrote about A) your "expectations and apprehensions" regarding the course and B) about your "relationship to magazines". What has changed and what hasn't since you wrote that first essay? Did the course live up to your expectations or did you apprehensions come true? Has your relationship to magazines changed since then or is it still the same?
Please write no less than 400 words (1 page) and no more than 1000 words (2.5 pages) on topic 1B and 1C together.
For those (few) who did not hand in essay 1:
I will anonymize and distribute half a dozen different essays to you (making sure that none of them comes from any members of your own project group). Instead of 1C above, you will summarize these essays and furthermore see if you can find patterns that several students agree on (or stuff people disagree on). I will send further instructions together with the essays. It might be the case that you will not be able to complete this task before Dec 17 (depending on how early or late you classmates submit their essay 2's).
For those (few) who did not hand in essay 1:
I will anonymize and distribute half a dozen different essays to you (making sure that none of them comes from any members of your own project group). Instead of 1C above, you will summarize these essays and furthermore see if you can find patterns that several students agree on (or stuff people disagree on). I will send further instructions together with the essays. It might be the case that you will not be able to complete this task before Dec 17 (depending on how early or late you classmates submit their essay 2's).
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