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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS (Course number INAF 100-14). Classroom location: Intercultural Center (ICC) 214 Class day & time: Tuesday, 10:15am-12:05pm Instructor: James Raymond Vreeland , Professor 2.0 WE ARE GLOBAL GEORGETOWN!. Honor. Complete the tutorial.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS(Course number INAF 100-14) Classroom location: Intercultural Center (ICC) 214Class day & time: Tuesday, 10:15am-12:05pm Instructor: JamesRaymondVreeland, Professor 2.0 WE ARE GLOBAL GEORGETOWN!
Honor • Complete the tutorial
Welcome to the Georgetown School of Foreign Service! • Expectations? • … • … • …
My expectations • Standards of Excellence • Attendance, punctuality, preparation, participation, thoughtfulness, intellectual curiosity, …
Why are you in college? • Developing human capacities • Imagination • Reason • Language • Introspection • Morality/Ethics • Aesthetics • Sociability • Physicality
Imagination Creative thinking Invention Synthesis Past (history)—Future (forecasting) Scientific insight
Reason Problem-solving Critical thinking Logic/argumentation Calculation/computation Empiricism Analysis
Language Listening Speaking Reading Writing Using metaphor Using rhetoric Using 2nd, 3rd languages?
Introspection Self-awareness Escaping ego Gaining self-respect Seeing differences/commonalities Becoming thoughtful Acquiring virtues Exercising free will
Morality/Ethics Moral deliberation Recognizing moral issues Acting on principle Guides of conduct Distinguishing among intellectual, social and moral virtues
Aesthetics Observing closely Seeing relationships (form, pattern, harmony etc.) Pleasure in beauty Love of knowledge
Sociability Developing empathy Valuing diversity Learning cooperation Knowing expectations
Physicality Refining the use of senses Maintaining health, strength, alertness and stamina Understanding the relationship between mind and body
This particular class is about research • We can think about research as an ongoing global conversation • Be sure to take the • tutorial on scholarly research and academic integrity • Be sure to familiarize yourself with Georgetown’s honor system
Goals: Skills • Learn the pain of writing • Develop a research proposal • Presentation skills • with time constraints
Goals: Substance • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS • Syllabus • Use it every time you study • http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jrv24/INAF_100-14.html • Why are we looking at projects that I have been involved with? • Intimate understanding of a research project • A “tell all” class • How an idea becomes a paper, becomes an article, becomes a book… • Note that everything in your textbooks starts out as just an idea, then a paper…
Activity • Create a structure that will support the ball • Materials: • Straws • Pins • 20 minutes
Activity lessons • Start with a theory • Collaboration! • We must be comfortable sharing our ideas with each other – healthy debate & critiques are encouraged • Question EVERYTHING… • Test the theory • There is no proof (or disproof) – only corroborating & refuting evidence • Compete with other theories… & repeat • The ongoing global conversation continues…
For next week: • You must read: • Vreeland, James Raymond. 2003. The IMF and Economic Development. New York: Cambridge University Press. CHAPTER 1 • Be prepared to discuss the chapter in a group setting • Come to class with a list of potential research questions for your project
All research begins with a question • Curiosity about the political & economic world around you is the main prerequisite for this class • Think critically & ask questions • And during class, always remember: • Those who ask questions are fools for five minutes; those who do not ask questions remain fools forever.
