SOAP Purposes

2025/11/25 & 2025/12/02

Purposes:

A. To increase students’ social awareness and research abilities by:

1. selecting a carefully defined social phenomenon/event which they can “observe” personally by participating in it, doing interviews and/or surveys.

*Examples of not feasible topics:

(1) too broad -- “The difference between American culture and Taiwanese culture”

(2) very difficult to observe: American college students’ dating ritual.)   

2. analyzing their experience/data, with the support of academic articles or newspaper discussion;

B. To continue to develop students’ abilities:

1. to work closely with their group mates

2. to present their findings and analysis vividly and engagingly to their fellow students from another section.