Category: School
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For All X: Chapter 1 Reading Response
Readings Chapter 1 of For All X What Is Philosophy? Why Should We Trust Reason? Response 1. What is Philosophy? What is the role of Logic in Philosophy? Philosophy is the love of wisdom. According to the book, “Logic is the business of evaluating arguments, sorting good ones from bad ones. ” I see logic…
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USP514 Session 3 Notes
Session Three Urban Design Principles In this session students will work in small groups to discuss the Urban Design Principles outlined in the required reading below; please read carefully and make notes as you read. REQUIRED READING FOR SESSION THREE (click on Session 3 on left side to access reading) Ten Urban Design Principles Every Humanitarian…
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USP493 Session 2 Notes
Introduction to Simple Univariate Descriptive Statistics Frequencies and Percentage Distributions Can be used for nominal and ordinal variables, interval usually when the data are collapsed. Difference between proportions (f/N) and percentages (f/N)* 100 How to set up Put the values of the variable along the side, including totals, list frequencies or percentages in a second…
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USP515 Session 2 Notes
August 31st and September 2nd Session Two: Central Concepts Bring in written definitions of the following concepts and be prepared to discuss them: class, race, ethnicity, poverty, nature, environment, urban, right, prejudice, discrimination, racism, institutionalized racism, toxics, public health, protection from harm. class: the hierarchical classification of people based on wealth the economic system of control within a…
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USP514 Session 2 Notes
Session Two Challenges in Cities Around the World This session will focus on identifying contemporary urban planning and policy issues of concern to students in the course.. Identify contemporary urban planning and policy challenges and opportunities. The following question will guide our discussion: What principles can be used to provide direction for urban administrators as…
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Making Care Packages Under Covid
Many times now, I have founded groups or worked with groups which produce care packages for unhoused people. These usually include a few essentials in a plastic bag which can quickly and easily be handed to unhoused people. As part of co-founding the first bay area chapter of Burners Without Borders, one of the initial…
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USP 515 Session 2 Notes
Central Concepts What do you think of when you hear the term “environmental justice”? Disparate impact of environmental decisions Alameda county and 580 freight ban Racial gap in life expectancy and respiratory disorder Role of research in demonstrating impact and causes Bring people into conversation about environments Humans and the environment coinciding Trying to create…
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USP493 Session 1 Notes
Review Modeling – turning the research question into researchable form Selecting the attributes of interest Determining the causal paths Dependent vs independent variables Time order Logic/theory Moving towards a researchable hypothesis Specifying the unit of analysis Specifying the concepts More and less abstract concepts Conceptual and operational definitions Multi-dimensional concepts Permitting the ability to show…
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USP514 Session 1 Notes
Final Questions What did you learn in each session? (One page each) How did the class impact your professional development? How did the class impact your personal development? Homework Questions for each reading Who wrote this article and what was their training? How does the article focus on sustainable development? What geographic and/or social context/space…
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USP515 Session 1 Notes
Day One Homework Questions 1.1 What approaches do we want to use in this class to encourage and support as many students as possible to participate in class discussions? Use emojis or type comments in the chat box Raise hands on camera Or just speak calling on people doing a speaking stack in the chat…