Question Description
I’m working on a writing Discussion and need support to help me learn.
This week, we introduced students to the first component of the Policy Brief assignment– the Problem Description. In this section, students will identify a problem related to their case of conflict and describe its causes and consequences. For this discussion forum post, I’d like students to begin brainstorming possible problems to investigate. What types of problems related to your conflict case are interesting to you and why are these problems interesting? Please keep in mind that students should NOT address problems with regards to control of territory (eg, whether N Ireland should belong to Ireland or the UK; whether Karabakh should belong to Armenia or Azerbaijan).
- Suggestion: There are lots of ways to respond to your peer’s post. For example, you can point your peer to any sources you came across that discuss your peer’s problem. You can also point to suggestions for how to make the proposed problems more specific (eg, instead of focusing on displacement, focus on finding jobs for displaced people). You can offer some of your own reflections on why your peer’s proposed problem is a really timely and important one and any efforts you know of to solve it. There are lots of ways that you can give your peer feedback.