Transcript Developing an Informed Position

Skills Development
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Considers many perspectives
Directs you where to look for information
Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of
the information sources
Allows for the comparison of ideas
Allows you to formulate a position based on
multiple sources of information
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Looks at all of the
‘stakeholders’ involved
in the issue
Provides you with
various arguments
Uncovers the motives
involved in making
decisions
Perspective
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Books
Magazines
Newspapers
Web sites
Personal interviews
Oral histories
Sources of Information
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Reliability
Objectivity
Relevance
Bias
Evaluate
Strengths/Weaknesses
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Maybe you missed
something
New sources
Differing opinions
Comparing Ideas
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Scan the information given on Pg. 34 about
the Lubicon Cree identity
Look how the information has been organized
based on the steps for developing an
informed position
Examine the information in the organizer to
familiarize yourself