COMM 470 Agenda - Week 5 Readiness Assessment Test #2 (RAT2) ITE3a – Calibrate with Your Team - How was Listening this Week? Review of Team Project 2 (TP2) Execute Team Project 3a (TP3a) Lecture – Concepts, Reality, Paradigms ITE 3b – Examining Paradigms ITE 3c – Swets’ FAILURE & SUCCESS Listening Exercise for Week 6

In-Class Team Exercise # 4a Discuss: How did you do on “Asking Questions” this week? Count how many times; share 2 examples Deliverable : Summarize in a table how many conversations you each 1) thought about the assignment, and then 2) succeeded partially 3) succeeded completely How did you do on “Acknowledgement” and Accepting Acknowledgement this week? Each person share 1 example

Procedures for RATs Clear Your Desktop of Everything Except: A Scantron A Blank Sheet of Paper Your Copy of the RAT Be sure to write your name on your copy of the RAT Refer to the Directions in Your Folder

Team Project 2 (TP2) In General, Nice Job Teams!! Things to Note: If I require recommend changes, it’s noted on TP2 Questions and Answers

Team Project 3a (TP3a) Take out copies of your TP2 forms Each individual should fill them out for every team member Be sure to make some open-ended comments (acknowledgement as well as any constructive criticism) Return the forms to the person you evaluated Discuss the comments and the team’s progress List who participated on this week’s ITE form

“Reality” Two Types of “Reality” Physical Reality Agreement Reality Two Ways to Have Knowledge Direct Experience Indirect Experience (Reading, Listening, Watching Others)

How Do We “KNOW” Things? Experiential Reality  Firsts Hand Experience  Done There; Been That !  Agreement Reality  Second Hand Knowledge  Tradition and/or Authority  Both Can Assist or Hinder Inquiry

The World of Paradigms Paradigms are: Over-arching structures of knowledge Representations of the physical world that live in the world of ideas Approximations of events Paradigms are “Useful Fictions” Paradigms are not “true” or “false” - they are simply tools When a better approximation is available, scientists switch paradigms Lessons: Newtonian Mechanics  Relativity

Paradigms Outside of Science The term is used freely today - Stuffed crust pizza is a “new paradigm” Paradigm is used to denote smaller changes In accepted processes In common practices In common beliefs That’s ok; just keep in mind that in science, “paradigm shifts are very rare

In-Class Team Exercise # 4b Discuss: Each Student List 3 Pradigms in the Ddomain of “Listening” The team should compare and choose the 3 most important (on average) Deliverable : List the team’s top 3

Listening Exercise – for Week 6 Focus on: NOT starting a reply with “No,” “But,” nor “Yes, But” Beginning your replies to others with a statement that: Lets them know you heard them Validates them as a person Validates what they said (if you agree or agree partially) Also Make it a Point to: Continue to Acknowledge People in Your Life Practice Accepting Acknowledgement