| 回 | 項目 | 内容 |
| 第1回 | Introduction to the course | Review of the syllabus and the section "How to Use This Book" in the textbook
Prior learning: read through the on-line syllabus (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down a number of ways you think this course will help you (about 30 mins.) |
| 第2回 | "Stand Up and Get Educated" | How might physical activity and higher technology have an impact on education?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第3回 | "E=MC2" | What does the world's most famous scientific equation mean?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第4回 | "Science Is Where It's At" | Why have some people had problems learning science, and why is science education important?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第5回 | "Whence the Human Being?" | Could people have evolved from bears?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第6回 | "Our Place in the Universe" | Might we be part of something too big for us to discover and to prove that it even exists?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第7回 | "Geography and Ignorance" | Where are places, and what is important in determining locations?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第8回 | Review of lessons 2-7 | Open session to discuss items in the previous six lessons
Prior learning: read over the textual material in the chapters and think about their photographs (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第9回 | "Plowshares from Swords?" | How might people demonstrate intelligence by playing with words?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第10回 | "Language versus Mathematics" | Which is more difficult to acquire at a very high level, a language or mathematics?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第11回 | "Free Will or No Free Will?" | Do people make choices, or has everything already been determined?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第12回 | "Look Old and Save Money" | What are some ridiculous ways in which people might try to save trivial amounts of money?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第13回 | "How to Win Trophies" | How might people try to prove that they are better than they are?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第14回 | Review of lessons 9-13 | Open session to discuss items in the previous five lessons
Prior learning: read over the textual material in the chapters and think about their photographs (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第15回 | "Animals in Sports" | What constitutes animal abuse?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第16回 | "Restrain Them Dogs!" | How can problems with troublesome pets be solved?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第17回 | "To Help or to Talk about Helping?" | Under what circumstances, if at all, do people help others in need?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第18回 | "Health Care and the Market" | Can free-market capitalism solve every problem faced by society?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第19回 | "Replenish Those Aquifers!" | Why is water a very important resource?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第20回 | "Ecology and Class Warfare" | Do rules and laws pertaining to ecology have an unfairly disadvantageous impact on some people?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第21回 | Review of lessons 15-20 | Open session to discuss items in the previous six lessons
Prior learning: read over the textual material in the chapters and think about their photographs (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第22回 | "The Classiness of Art" | Who decides what qualifies as "art" and what is value is?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第23回 | "Do Yoga in a Health Club" | What are some reasons that people go to sports centers?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第24回 | "A New Use for Levitation" | Might unfamiliarity with an exotic philosophy lead to strange ideas?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第25回 | "U.F.O.s" | Are UFOs vehicles visiting us from Outer Space, or rather something else?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第26回 | "The Electronic Pud-Puller" | Why are machines invented, and what goes on while the work is in progress?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第27回 | "Do Prairie Dogs Bark or Chirp?" | What drives an academic to undertake research?
Prior learning: read the chapter's textual material, think about its photograph, and answer the questions (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第28回 | Review of lessons 22-27 | Open session to discuss items in the previous six lessons
Prior learning: read over the textual material in the chapters and think about their photographs (about 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第29回 | Group discussions and oral presentations | How has this course helped in terms of learning, thinking, and making progress in using the English language?
Prior learning: skim through the chapters, refresh your memory, and think of some contextual examples from your own life (at least 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: write down your thoughts about the in-class activities (about 30 mins.) |
| 第30回 | Final written project | Same as for lesson 29
Prior learning: skim through the chapters and prepare a few contextual examples from your own life (at least 60 mins.)
Subsequent learning: think about the variety of subjects you have encountered in your education and how they pertain to your life (the rest of your life) |
