AS Comms - Work in place of Thursday's lesson

Instead of our lesson on Thursday 2nd October, I would like you to complete the following work to help you to consolidate the work we have done on Goffman so far:

1. Ever been nasty about someone behind their back?
And then got caught?
Of course you have.
Click here to read an article applying Goffman to that very moment...

2. Listen to this discussion about the importance of Goffman's work. It lasts for 28 minutes.

AS Comms - The Johari Window

From: http://kevan.org/johari


The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and Family to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.

To get started, pick the five or six words that you feel best describe you, from the list below:-

able	accepting	adaptable	bold	brave
calm	caring	cheerful	clever	complex
confident	dependable	dignified	energetic	extroverted
friendly	giving	happy	helpful	idealistic
independent	ingenious	intelligent	introverted	kind
knowledgeable	logical	loving	mature	modest
nervous	observant	organised	patient	powerful
proud	quiet	reflective	relaxed	religious
responsive	searching	self-assertive	self-conscious	sensible
sentimental	shy	silly	spontaneous	sympathetic
tense	trustworthy	warm	wise	witty

AS Literature - a introduction to Dennis Potter

Click here to find out about Dennis Potter, the writer of our first coursework text - Blue Remembered Hills.

AS Comms - Cooley's Looking Glass Self

Today we are focusing on how our sense of self comes, arguably, from others. If you would like to read more about Cooley's theory, then I recommend that you start with his own writing: click here



AS Literature - Dennis Potter & the Forest of Dean

In this half hour documentary, Dennis Potter talks about the Forest of Dean - where he grew up, and where Blue Remembered Hills is set.

AS Comms: the Selfie

If you find our discussion in class today about the evolution of the 'selfie', and what it says about our own sense of identity, interesting, then read this article for a more extensive analysis.

AS Comms: How is our sense of self shaped by the expectations/behaviour of other people?

This video picks up nicely on the work we have done about The Pygmalion Effect:

Do the findings from this study surprise you? Can you think of any examples from your own life where the expectations of others have influenced how you have seen yourself - and therefore, your behaviour, attitude and actions?

The Prezi used in this lesson, to introduce the self concept, can be found here.

AS Comms - A girl like me

AS Lit - Crash course to Literature

Why do we read? A very good question for us to answer. Have a watch.

AS Comms & Culture - Jon's link

Click here to reach the clip on culture that Jon has asked you to watch.

AS Comms & Culture - 2014/15: Welcome to the course!

WELCOME TO COMMS & CULTURE

 

 

We are really pleased you have joined us in Comms & Culture & look forward to helping you to succeed this year.

 

 

The Starting Line: Please complete the summer warm up work for next week. If you need to access the work again, you can find it here: The Starting Line.  Make sure that you click on 'Login as a guest'.

 

 

Homework: Please post one contribution on each of the three walls linked below (3 contributions in total) about your expectations for the year ahead:

 

Expectations of myself

 

Expectations of others

 

Expectations of teacher

 

 

There is an AS Comms & Culture text book, which can be found by clicking here. You may find it useful - ( but it is not compulsory to purchase it).

AS Literature - 2014-15

Welcome to AS Literature!

 

There are two texts that you need to buy for my side of the course:

 

Blue Remembered Hills, by Dennis Potter

Beasts of no Nation, by Uzodinma Iweala

 

It is completely fine to buy used copies of the text (& cheaper!), but it's a good idea to buy a copy which is relatively clean, rather than one covered in someone else's notes. Please buy your texts as soon as you can.

Homework:
Your first homework is to contribute to each of the three padlet pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the links below:

Expectations of myself
Expectations of other students
Expectations of teacher


The Starting line: please make sure you have completed the work in time for next Thursday's lesson (11th). If you need to access the materials, you can do so by clicking here. Make sure that you click 'login as guest'.