Philosophy 101        Inroduction to Philosophy   Group Writing Projects       How to collaborate

Part of what we're learning in this class is how to share in a collaborative way ( and this doesn't mean just "going along with the crowd"). Collaboration at times means expressing opinions that may differ from those of the rest of the group. Believe me, this is one of the few places where you should feel totally free to express your thoughts without fear -- as long as you do it in a way that respects others as individual human beings.

Collaboration can take many forms. It can be any and all of the following:

1. Helping other members of the group to isolate an aspect of the topic or a thesis statement for their papers.

2. Sharing research sources and ideas.

3. Offering suggestions on how to shape the paper.

4. Offering editing suggestions for papers.

5. Proof-reading a paper for style, form,etc.

6. Helping a group member work through a blocked situation.

7. Helping each other by brainstorming through a problem.

I hope that all groups can work together collaboratively in all the ways we have at our disposal: actually meeting for lunch or whatever, meeting by telephone, meeting by e-mail, and meeting in class.



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Last revision:  August 30, 1998
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