Project

Purposes

1. Demonstrate competence to communicate benefits of valuescience
2. Disseminate valuescience

Critieria

1. Proposal, draft(s), and final project delivered on or before due dates
2. Embodies key elements of valuescience argument: define science, value, valuescience; value important because we base action upon, and justify action with it; reliable means to discern value essential to live, die well; valuescience sound means to address full spectrum of human concerns in integrated, sound way
3. Identifies and applies to specific issues: example(s) drawn from project creators' lives
4. Describes how project initiator(s) benefitted by practicing valuescience: changes in ideas; changes in action
5. Tailored to audience: size, age, relation to project creators, education, socioeconomic status, etc. (as appropriate)
6. Elicits evidence of learning by audience: understanding (evidence); action (evidence)
7. Can be used again by authors or others (state how)

Grading

1. Evidence of effort
2. Quality of output as vehicle for communication: engages audience; clear, understandable to target audience; persuasive case for valuescience practice
3. Amount of impact: quality of change (i.e., big or small, deep or shallow, broad or narrow); quantity of change (number of people, to date, potential)