C. Some Of The Major Topical Areas Presented
In Class That Students Should Strive To Include In Appropriate Sections
Of Their Portfolio:
1.
Diversity
Defined
2.
“Demographics,
Diversity and Democracy”
3.
Existing
Discrimination
4.
Culture
and the Fundamental Attribution Error
5.
Gestalt
Processing
6.
Issues
Related to “Face”
7.
Language
Related Issues (including nonverbal communication cross culturally)
8.
Cognition
and Perception
9.
Self-fulfilling
Prophecy
10.
Stereotype
Threat
11.
Race
and Biological/Genetic Difference
12.
Behavioral
Models for Learning; Strengths and Deficiencies
13.
Ego
Based Motivation
14.
Eastern
Orientations and the Ego
15.
Age
16.
“White
Guilt”
17.
Prejudice
(Theoretical, Historical, School Curriculum and Personal)
18.
“White
Privilege”
19.
The
“Crisis to Growth” Model (“Culture Conflict and Change”
20.
Interpersonal
Relations/Romance/Attractiveness/Sexual Behavior
21.
“Female
Genital Mutilation”
22.
Stages
in Relationships
23.
Cross
Cultural Values/Attitudes and Achievement
24.
Social
Capital (Vitality and Despair)
25.
“Power
Tactics” and Gaining the Skill to “Powerfully” Influence Others
26.
Cultural
Characteristics of Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups (and related potential
interpersonal dynamics)
27.
GLBT
Orientation
28.
The
“Cultural Triangle”
29.
Muslim
Orientation
30.
Male-Female
Cultural Characteristics
31.
America’s
Educational Apartheid
32.
Social
Development Models (including Wilber, Kohlberg, Gilligan, Spring/Cross, and
Bennett)
33.
Altruism/Helping
Others
34.
Models
for Intercultural Conflict Resolution
35.
Systems
Theory
36.
Aggression/Violence
(Male and Female)
37.
Meaning/Identity/Religion/
and Violence
38.
Social
Class, Income, Poverty
39.
Understanding
and Dealing with Stress
40.
Social
Justice
41.
Restorative
Justice
42.
The
Environment, Environmental Psychology, and Social Behavior
C. Model for Comprehensive Course Portfolio
Development
Overview:
All material must be typed,
sequenced and collated using an outline format and submitted as one document
with each section clearly delineated.
Overview of Major Portfolio
Sections:
The portfolio will be divided
into 3 major sections. Each section will
represent major focal points reflected in the portfolio. “Section A” will reflect “The Problem
Statement;” “Section B” will reflect the student’s identification of variables
that contribute toward the existence of the problem; and “Section C” will
reflect the processes identified to resolve the problem.
Description of Section A:
The problem statement chosen by
the student will be included in Section A.
The student will either utilize the “given hypothetical problem
statement” (as applied to the student’s discipline) or a personally constructed
problem statement (as applied to the student’s chosen professional role). The problem statement will be placed in a
folder labeled, “Section A, Problem Statement.”
Description of Section B:
The focus of Section B is to
comprehensively identify and list variables which contribute toward the
existence of the “problem” (as described in Section A).
It is recommended that the
student personalize the process, whenever possible, by hypothetically assuming
the role of the leader who is attempting to identify the variables contributing
toward the problem’s existence. Thus,
the student should relate all theory reviewed to how she/he may, as reflected
in theory, contribute toward the existence of the stated problem. The primary folder for Section B should be
labeled, “Section B, Contributory Variables.”
Four Separate Sections
(related to identifying all variables which contribute toward the existence of
the problem) should be placed in “Section B.”
“Section I,” in prescribed
outline form, identifies all relevant literature taken from the social
psychology text.
“Section II,” will contain data,
in prescribed outline form, from assigned articles and videos.
“Section III,” in prescribed
outline form, presents relevant data from resources you and your classmates
find.
“Section IV,” should contain, in
outline form, pertinent excerpts from “The Tao of Leadership” which contribute
toward understanding the existence of the stated problem.
*Prescribed Outline Form for Section B
Section I (the social psychology text)
Chapter 2
a. Relevant theory
personally applied to understanding why problem exists (state theory and
apply
to self)
b. “
c.
“
d. “
etc.
Section II (assigned articles and videos)
Title of article
a. Specific theory applied to understanding
why problem exists (state theory and apply to self)
b. “
c.
“
d. “
etc.
Section III (resources found by you and your classmates)
a. Relevant theory applied to understanding
why problem exists (state theory and apply to self).
b. “
c.
“
d. “
etc.
Section IV (The Tao of Leadership)
Title of pertinent passage
a. Relevant section of Taoist passage,
applied to problem and self, illuminating why problem exists.
b. “
c.
“
d. “
etc.
Description of Section C:
The focus of “Section C” is to identify and list process that may
be utilized in addressing and resolving the problem. Care should be taken to address all
significant, pertinent variables that contribute toward the existence of the
problem, as identified in “Section B” (from texts, articles, and class
presentations). The processes that are
recommended for problem resolution should be listed in * outline form and
placed in a folder labeled “Section C, Problem Resolution.”
* Prescribed Outline Format for Section C
Processes for Problem Resolution
a. Process number 1
b. Process number 2
c.
etc.
d. etc.
