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Transfer is a concept that I think I have come to understand gradually throughout this semester. I define transfer as the application of any knowledge or skill to a new field or activity after one has learned said knowledge or skill. Throughout the semester, I have been able to transfer new information learned in English 1001 to both my other areas of study and life on a broader scale.
To me, transfer is all about making connections and applications. The time this sticks out to me the most is when we completed Artifact 3, or the group presentation. Not only did we have to utilize transfer by relying on previous knowledge of presentation skills, but we literally transferred our research from Artifact 2 into our presentations.
Copy of Copy of Anzaldua-1987-How to Tame a Wild-Tongue.pdfA reading that stuck out to me in terms of demonstrating this concept is How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldúa, in which she discusses the multiple different dialects she encompasses and how those play a role in her life. This reading demonstrates a negative transfer because she learned that other people looked down on those who spoke a different way, and this in turn impacted the way she acted. This reading helped me realize that transfer is not always positive, and also showed me transfer at work in a broader sense than simply school.
Furthermore, I have seen myself transfer previous knowledge into this class in order to perform to the best of my ability. For example, I learned an extensive amount about rhetorical appeals and the rhetorical situation in my high school classes, so I was able to keep pathos, logos, ethos, kairos, and purpose, audience, and context in mind when I was composing all semester.
I have seen myself transfer concepts learned in this course to other courses at Fairfield. I learned a lot about process, and I have been able to utilize that while doing work for my other subjects because I now have a greater understanding of how I best complete tasks and the steps I personally take in order to achieve a goal. This idea was really solidified for me when I was thinking back through the semester in order to complete Reflection 10.
I came to the conclusion that “..these skills can be transferred to life beyond just the professional realm. I see myself already using these ideas in my everyday life, both formally and informally. For example, anytime I compose any form of communication, whether that be an email, a text message, or a final paper, I use a process to complete it, and that may look similar or different depending on the genre I am using” (Reflection 10).
Lastly, life is really all about transfer because we are constantly transferring previous knowledge to new situations. Education as a whole relies on the idea that students can transfer ideas from previous classes in order to get to a higher order level of thinking.
2023
2023
Hannah Salsbury, Fairfield University
Hannah Salsbury, Fairfield University
hannah.salsbury@student.fairfield.edu
hannah.salsbury@student.fairfield.edu
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