It is advised that this assignment be used to integrate Paul Loeb’s presentation (Loeb’s Lecture) into your specific curriculum so that your students will have an academically rigorous way to achieve additional credit points.

If you complete the following tasks by , you could be awarded up to XX additional credit points.

• Attend Paul Loeb’s presentation (Loeb’s Lecture) on Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times

• Please choose one of the following dimensions as the focus of this *Articulated Learning Statement and then respond to the six questions with that dimension in mind. It is expected that you will thoroughly reflect on your learning and will include specific references to the Paul Loeb presentation you attended, any discussion that occured as a result of the presentation, and any relevant personal experiences related to the presentation.

• Articulated Learning Statement Dimensions:

  • Academic Dimension: an awareness of relevant academic content that has been enhanced by Paul Loeb’s presentation, subsequent discussion, and/or any relevant experiences you have had at WCU.
  • Civic Dimension: an awareness of either the larger community (university, city, country, etc.) or smaller community (family, friends, peers, etc.) in which you live that has been enhanced by the presentation, subsequent discussion, and/or any relevant experiences you have had at WCU.
  • Personal Dimension: an awareness of a personal characteristic of yours that has been enhanced by the presentation, subsequent discussion, and/or any relevant experiences you have had at WCU.

• Reflection Prompts (each worth 1 point as this assignment is intended for extra credit, there is no rubric provided):

  • The dimension I am focusing on and why, in this Articulated Learning Statement, is…
    With regard to that dimension, from the presentation, subsequent discussion, and/or any relevant experiences I have had at WCU, I learned…
  • I learned this specifically through…
  • This learning matters to me because…
  • Because of this learning, I will attempt to change the following scenario in the future by…
  • From this reflection, what ways (if any) has your understanding of Citizenship and/or Civility been changed?

*This type of Articulated Learning Statement is adapted from the work of Clayton et al. (2005) and O’Steen and Perry’s (2012) work at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand with CHCH101: Rebuilding Christchurch.