VMADP

1) Valter Cvijić

2) Matej Adamič

3) Ana Erman

4) Deja Štaher

5) Petra Cimerman

1) Chair: Valter Cvijić

2) Secretary: Ana Erman

3) Progress chaser: Petra Cimerman

4) Timekeeper: Deja Štaher

5) Reserve person: Matej Adamič

Issue 1: Searching the topic for the PBL

Petra: I was thinking that our topic should be social inequality.

Valter and Matej: We were thinking about racism but social inequality is better because it is a wider topic.

Ana and Deja: We were thinking about on-line communications. But we agree with Valter and Matej that social inequality is better.

Petra: Ok, then our topic will be social inequality.

Decision 1: Topic is SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Issue 2: Redefining the topic

Valter: Now that the topic social inequality has been chosen, we need to narrow down the things we will write about and how we will write about them.

Petra: I agree with Valter. I will write about exploitation of children. So if everybody agree, I will write about it.

Valter: I will write about wealth and poverty.

Ana:It seems to me that there is an important issue in sexism too. So I will write about that.

Deja: And I will write about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people) social movement. I hope it is ok!

Matej: And I will write about racism.

Decision 2: All members have chosen separate issues within the topic.

Valter will write about wealth and poverty.

Ana will write about sexism.

Matej will write about racism.

Deja will write about LGBT movement.

Petra will write about exploitation of children.

SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Members of our group have chosen different topics, yet we have chosen similar research questions. Causes, consequences and the meaning of social inequalities for today's society are the main concerns of our topic. Some of the members will also bring up certain possible solutions to existing inequalities.

10 research questions

Valter:

* Which kinds of poverty are known today?

* What are the sociological explanations of poverty?

Sources: http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/soc_essays/Poverty.htm etc.

Ana:

* What is the meaning of sexism for women in modern society?

* What can we do to help women against sexual determination?

Sources: Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism ), Women's studies database online(http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/index.html )

Petra:

* What are effects of child abuse on the child?

* What is the different between child labor and child prostitution?

Sources:

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labor; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prostitution)

Deja:

* What are the goals of LGBT social movment?

* What kind of violence are happening against the LGBT?

Sources: Wikipedia

Matej:

* What types of racism can we recognize in society?

* Which organizations are spreading racism in Slovenia?

Sources: Wikipedia and Mladina

Minutes of the meeting »Problem Based Learning Project«

held on 6 November, 2006 at Net Caffe

Present: All members of the group were present.

Agenda:

1. Discussion about the topic for PBL

2. Distribution of tasks

3. Any other business

Item 1:

All have proposed good and different problems for the topic and after discussion we have decided that our topic will be social inequality. We still have to decide about our research questions. But we will talk about it on the next meeting.

Item 2:

The distribution of tasks was not completed on this meeting. But we have defined our assignments for the next meeting.

Assignments:

Everybody will find out what point of view will be convenient and choose what everybody will write about.

Item 3:

We were discussing about our next meeting and we have decided that we will meet on the next English lesson - on Tuesday, 14th November. On that day we will also arrange when will be our next meeting.

Minutes taker: Petra Cimerman

Chair: Valter Cvijić

Minutes of the meeting »Problem Based Learning Project«

held on 13 November, 2006 at Net Caffe

Present: All members of the group were present.

Agenda:

1. Action-item follow up

2. Distribution of tasks

3. Any other business

Item 1:

All assignments from the previous meeting have been carried out. All members have chosen separate issues within the topic.

Item 2:

We were discussing about our research questions. We have been discussing how we will choose questions and where we will find sources for answers. We have also discussed that we could look for some research data about social inequality on Eurostat's web site and we could include them in our PBL report.

Assignments:

Everyone will write two questions about his issue and define all sources for answers. Petra will also look on Eurostat for some research data.

Item 3:

Because we still haven't redefined our topic we have been discussing who will write it. And we have decided that Valter will define our topic.

Next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 21 November, 2006 at 12 AM at Net Caffe.

Minutes taker: Petra Cimerman

Chair: Valter Cvijić

Minutes of the meeting »Problem Based Learning Project«

held on 27 November, 2006 at Net Caffe

Present: All members of the group were present.

Agenda:

1. Action-item follow up

2. Distribution of tasks

3. Any other business

Item 1:

All assignments from the previous meeting have been carried out. All members have written two questions about his issue and define all sources for answers. Except Petra didn’t look for some research data on Eurostat. She is still going to look for it.

Item 2:

We were discussing about finishing our PBL report. We have been discussing who will write introduction, summary and conclusion. We have also discussed when should be our parts of the report finished and to whom must be send.

We have decided that our parts of the PBL report must be finished till Sunday, 3 December, 2006

Assignments:

Everyone should send his part of the report to Ana's e-mail address till Sunday, 3 December, 2006.

Ana will gather all parts of groups PBL and make a nice form of the report.

Valter will write introduction.

Matej will write summary.

Item 3:

We were discussing when will be our next meeting. Because we still have to write the conclusion, we have decided that we will have a short meeting on Monday, 4 December, 2006.

Minutes taker: Petra Cimerman

Chair: Valter Cvijić

Minutes of the meeting »Problem Based Learning Project«

held on 4 December, 2006 at Net Caffe

Present: All members of the group were present.

Agenda:

1. Action-item follow up

2. Finishing the PBL report

Item 1:

All assignments from the previous meeting have been carried out. All members have written their own part of the report. Petra didn’t find any research data on Eurostat.

Item 2:

We were discussing about finishing our PBL report. We have been discussing what we will write in our conclusion. We have also discussed that we won’t include research data from Eurostat, because we didn’t find any.

We have decided what will Ana write in our conclusion and Petra will print PBL report.

Minutes taker: Petra Cimerman

Chair: Valter Cvijić