The curricular and co/extra-curricular experiences that satisfy the Reflection-in-Action requirement encourage students to experience meaningful learning opportunities beyond the university and to reflect upon how that community engagement enhances their understanding of acting with and for others.
Reflection-in-Action experiences may either be a part of an existing course as an attribute or can be an out-of-class co-curricular program facilitated by a faculty or staff member with a Master's degree or higher.
Experiences that satisfy the Reflection-in-Action component - whether done inside or outside of the classroom - should meet the following essential criteria:
Ensure that students fulfill a minimum of 15 hours spent applying and acquiring knowledge beyond the university,
Guide students’ reflection on their understanding of what it means to act for and with others, and
Require students to produce a common artifact or artifacts that demonstrates awareness of how their experience intersects with SLO 1 and at least one other SLO (2 thru 8), and that can be used to assess student achievement of the required course learning outcomes. ***Note that all students completing the Reflection in Action component of the Core, whether through a class as an attribute or as a co-curricular experience, will complete a reflection artifact. This common set of reflection prompts will be administered by the Core, in partnership with the instructor. Instructors may assign additional artifacts completed as coursework (i.e. reflection paper) that meet this criteria, and which may be used as evidence of student learning.***
Please see the links below for more information on Reflection-in-Action course and experience design, learning outcomes, sample syllabi, and submission guidelines.
Any questions may be directed to:
Bobby Wassel, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Cura Personlis and Reflection in Action
Director, Center for Social Action
AY 24-25 Subcommittee Members
Chair: Bobby Wassel, Center for Social Action
Genevieve Keyser, Psychology
Benton Brown, Education
Heather Bednarek, Economics
Ben Perlman, Student Engagement
Natalie Floeh, Advising
Hamish Binns, SLU-Madrid
Ella Osenga, Undergraduate Core Fellow