In addition to Minerva traditions/milestones events and connecting students with resources for their capstone and interests, how can Ninon with X resources draw on the rich materials (situation, traditions, culture, philosophy etc) that Taiwan has to offer to the world to create a coherent, exceptional, engaging and powerful experience over 4 months, reflective of Minerva’s guiding principles, that will allow to plant a seed in them, gaining insights from Taiwan/Chinese culture as well as develop their intellect, capability and character for them to become not just smart but also wise & well leaders in their work and their lives going forward.
What ressources do I have?
What outcome do we want to see for the students? (What skills do we want to help them develop)?
What is my curriculum (to deliver this)?
What makes a curiculum coherent and an experience powerful?
How much time do I have from the students?
What is my outcome vision?
What routines/rituals/traditions should we have as a community in taipei?
What interesting exercises do I already have/know?
What (urbanist) framework exists to analyse and experience a city?
What aspects of their character could i develop?
What connections/network do I already have?
What area of their intellect could we develop?
What capabilities could i develop?
How much is taipei city hall already aware of Minerva?
Who can help me?
What is the ranked order?
How do i imagine the last day?
At what rythm should experiential activities happen?
What ressources do students need for their capestone and how to give it to them?
What different types/categories of activities should we have?
How would the milestone events and experiential activities connect with each other?
One is the one big key message of the semester in Taipei, is there one?
What interesting person do I already know in Taipei?
What will I want to measure and how?
How do I organise my time?
What synergies can we find between student's academic work (capestones) and the particularity of taipei as a city (or taiwan as a nation)
What connection does Kenn already have?
Why would people want to partner with minerva in taipei/contribute to minerva in taipei?
What are students' capestone topics?
What is unique about Taipei?