Another Successful Common Day of Learning
Published: April 13, 2021
If you have attended Greenville College within the last 10 years, you will likely remember taking COR 401 as one of your final courses of study. Each semester, seniors on campus are asked to tackle a major real world topic, and subsequently, come up with a presentation and action plan based on the topic. These presentations are presented during a Common Day of Learning each semester on campus. A variety of intriguing topics have been discussed over the years, and this year students have had a chance to focus on a particularly interesting and applicable issue: Gender Roles in the 21st Century.
Students were able to review and discuss the fact that gender roles in the 21st Century and the accepted roles of men and women have undergone quite the change in the past 50 years. What does it mean to be masculine or feminine? What type of calling is considered appropriate for one's gender? What does it mean to be a good husband, father, mother or wife?
Current senior, Miranda Irvin, shared some of her thoughts regarding her recent completion of the course. Her particular group shared on the topic "She Runs Like a Girl, but She Works Like a Man." They sought out to focus on the roles of gender in positions of authority. The began by considering their own assumptions about male and female professors, and worked their way outward from those impressions-toward scholarly articles, survey collection, and conducting interviews with authority figures on campus.
Miranda shared that their final presentation for the Common Day of Learning was a huge success. More than anything, she shared about how it was practical as "real-life" experience, which is major goal of the course. "I got into a group of complete strangers, but was very blessed, because my group was wonderful. I really got to know them as the semester went along, and I feel like this class was a crash-course in real-life, as I got to know my group members and had the added pressure of deadlines, proposals and a major project. I had to deal with different personalities, which can be frustrating when it comes to doing to work, being professional, and maintaining some sense of coordination with all of our different schedules. By the end of it all, I really came to appreciate each person in my group for who they were. They weren't me, and that's a good thing. We all contributed to the success of our project in vital ways."
If you missed this semester's Common Day of Learning, keep an eye out for next semester's presentations on the same topic. You're sure to come away with a new respect for our students and the effort that they put into this project!
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