Assighnment: The Choice Grid
Understanding the WHY and HOW helps us put together a grid to deconstruct the issue. This exercise is an effective way for moderators and recorders to prepare for the forum. This "deconstruction" helps them understand the underlying values and motives behind each approach and the potential costs and consequences. The moderator and recorder do not need to be experts on the issue, but they should have a good understanding of how the issue is constructed and how people might be talking about the issue. Armed with that information, the moderator can begin to construct questions to elicit deliberation.
The Choice Grid will also help the participants understand the issues involved with the problem and the solutions.
Each group will find readings (no more than 20 pages of reading) that help the rest of the class:
• understand the problem
• recognize the issues
• understand possible solutions.
The links to these readings will be made available on Blackboard.
The facilitating group will be responsible for filling out the Choice Grid for their discussion. The Grid will be posted, along with the readings and the group's Reflections, on Blackboard.