Reflections

What is Reflective Writing and Why is it Important?

• What is reflective writing? How do you do it? What are others ways you can reflect?
• What is the purpose of reflection assignments? What about reflection in general?
• What do you really like and /or really find valuable about reflection?
• What are some things that you don't like and/or find challenging about reflection?

Each of us will gather a multitude of insights through class presentations & experiences. Reflective writing is one tool we use to help you build your own scaffolding to understand your insights & experiences within the larger framework of sustainability while also taking a step back to evaluate and interrogate your own thoughts, feelings, and emerging ideas while you internalize your learning.

You are to keep your reflections as a notebook to be handed in at the end of the semester. This is so that you can reference your other reflection entries and start to really build up a set of ideas. I encourage you to write in the margins, draw arrows, really whatever you need to start making connections from week to week as well as incorporate your own insights.

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• Content Recall
  • "Can you remember and effectively relate relevant experiences and content from class?"
• Content Retrospection
  • "Can you bring in past life experiences or experiences from previous weeks in class and reinterpret them in light of new learning from the current week's class?"
• Views & Values
  • "Can you articulate how your own views and values interact and/or have shifted as a result of your time in class this week? Can you articulate how your learning this week can be translated into specific actions that reflect your personal views and values?"

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• Each reflection is graded according to each of the 3 rubric topics
  • 0 = not present
  • 1 = unclear if present or present & severely underdeveloped
  • 2 = present but underdeveloped
  • 3 = present, mildly underdeveloped (close to adequacy)
  • 4 = present, adequately developed
  • 5 = present, exceptionally developed