Stu, Stu, Studio

I think there are several premises raised in each of your posts that bringing us to a better understanding of the areas we want to explore. I like the idea of focusing simply on the classroom. That seems a wonderful way to limit our exploration of this complex issue. In reality, different classrooms would change how people view the whole process anyway. Since the classroom is the physical space where the "rubber meets the road" it seems like the most appropriate if we must limit ourselves a little physically.

Eric has brought up some interesting points on collection of data and availability of information. I think sources will become a little more apparent as we gain focus, but I doubt that we will be able to carry out any case studies or experiments to collect first hand observations. Perhaps, the answer is to go into this knowing that we can only create a map and point thought and exploration in a specific direction without doing any "real world" tests ourselves, (at least not within the confines of a semester or two). Maybe raising the questions and laying a foundation for their further exploration is enough of a goal at this point. Basically, we would make a full case for why this area needs much more study and what those possibilities might be.

It feels a little like stopping short, but the confines of this course and our current activities as full time students will force us to be a little more pragmatic then wildly ambitious.

Furthermore, I think this something we could all do as a group...I'm sorry to sound like a broken record, but I love the group dynamic!