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Index
How to Explore an Issue Systematically
- 5 Steps for Exploring and
Issue
- Exploring from Where You Are
How To Explore an Issue Efficiently
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Exploring from Where You Are
You have been exploring issues all your life, so it's a safe
bet that you already use a process to some extent. Most likely, though,
there are ways in which you can improve the process and follow it more
systematically. When you explore an issue, there are two ways in which
you start from "where you are" at the time:
- Your initial opinion is based on what you know and what you value.
- Your steps are based on processes you have been using all your life.
What did you notice in "5 Steps for Exploring an Issue"?
- Ways in which you already use some of the steps when you explore issues?
- Ways in which you can improve?
Start putting one of those ways into action when exploring issues in
the news:
- At least, today.
- Better, in the next hour.
- Best, right now!
In this course, you will sometimes use many of the steps to explore an
issue in a course assignment or project that you submit to your instructor
for marking. More often—especially in the fast-moving course lessons—the
directions will lead you to practise only a small part of the process
at a time. To see examples, look ahead to any of the "Exploring the
Issue" lesson activities, which you will not normally be submitting.
As you look them over, you may notice that each activity will give you
practice in one or two skills such as hypothesizing or identifying bias.
By working through all the lesson activities, you will become more skillful
in all the parts of the process. When you are learning about small parts
of the process, knowing what the "big picture" looks like will
help you to understand what you're doing and why you're doing it. As you
proceed through the course, refer back to "5 Steps for Exploring
an Issue" from time to time. Keep reminding yourself about the big
picture.
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