PLAN 540A
Omnibus: Becoming a Good Sustainability Planning Practitioner
27th September 2010
Session 4: 4.15 - 5.00
Introduction to Greater Vancouver Case Studies
In the final session today we will review the six case studies that will be the focus of your Group Assignment. In preparation for discussing them please go to the web sites provided for each of the case studies and think about what questions you have about each of them in the context of the Group Assignment. In this session I will respond to your questions about each of the cases. After class you will be asked to send me your ranked preferences for the cases indicating which you would most like to work on for your Group Assignment. I will use this information in establishing the groups by the next class.
In my classes I use a participatory approach to determining the portion of the grade for Class Participation (10%). It is based on the statement on Goals, Strategies, Requirements and Assessments for participation in my classes. Below is an outline of how this has been approached in other classes. Please review this for discussion at the next class.
Class Participation Grade
At class during September it was agreed that
- there would be a group grade for the 10% of the total course grade allocated to class participation;
- in addition, any individual can ask to meet the instructor at any time if they would like his comments on their class participation; and
- in the last class of the term the group grade will be determined through the following procedures:
- going around the table, each individual, including lastly the instructor, would summarize (2 minutes max.) their assessment of the group's performance using the agreed on criteria;
- after this, each individual, including the instructor, writes down a grade between 80% and 95% and gives this to the instructor;
- then each individual, including the instructor, would tell the group their grade; and
- the group grade would be calculated as the mean of all those given, including the instructors.
Criteria for group mark
Process
- Cooperation
- Equal opportunity to speak
- Keep It Short and Simple (KISS)
- GTY Principles
- Attendance of class as a whole
Substance
- On topic, concise, relevant
- Original, provocative
Group case studies