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Final Reflection
Final Reflection
The AAC&U VALUE Rubrics define Critical Thinking as "a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion."
Our Class Challenge for the semester was to achieve Milestone 3 on the Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric. For your Final Reflection:
Write a brief introductory paragraph describing what critical thinking means to you
Go back through your individual paper and extract at least two sentences that demonstrate each of the rubric criteria (10 total sentences)
Explanation of Issues: "Issue/problem to be considered critically is stated, described, and clarified so that understanding is not seriously impeded by omissions.
Evidence: Information is taken from source(s) with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis. Viewpoints of experts are subject to questioning.
Influence of Context and Assumptions: Identifies own and others' assumptions and several relevant contexts when presenting a position.
Student's Position (perspective, thesis/hypothesis): Specific position (perspective, thesis/hypothesis) takes into account the complexities of an issue. Others' points of view are acknowledged within position (perspective, thesis/hypothesis).
Conclusions and Related Outcomes (implications and consequences): Conclusion is logically tied to a range of information, including opposing viewpoints related outcomes (consequences and implications) are identified clearly.
In a series of short paragraphs, evaluate how well you achieved each of the criteria, using the extracted sentences as evidence.
In a concluding paragraph, describe your next steps in critical thinking: how will you achieve the Capstone level described on the rubric?
Embed your paper to your page on the course website and put this Final Reflection beneath it. Due Friday 12/15 at midnight
Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric.pdf
Auto Ethnography
Auto Ethnography
An ethnography is a cultural study based on observation. In an auto ethnography, this study is directed to the self. Ethnographic research frequently focuses on ordinary things: beliefs and practices so deeply engrained in a culture that no one thinks to question (or even notice) them. In the course so far, you have explored your interactions with your musical ecology, your core musicianship, and your identity through a series of theoretical lenses. These will serve as the basis for your auto ethnography.
Challenge
Challenge
As scholars, we never read one book and decide that it is the truth; we read another, and another, and we compare and analyze and evaluate and struggle with inconsistencies as we move toward a perspective that is ours and that we care about. This process is what makes us experts.
Drawing from the readings and your experiences in the group projects, write a 1200-1500 word essay describing a specific reading, event, or discussion that led to a shift in your perspective or a new insight about music and identity. Think of this as a discussion or critique of your thinking over time: as you re-read your notes and observations, try to find the one element that caused a change in your thinking or way of knowing.
Constraints
Constraints
In your essay:
Be specific and detailed: write about yourself, your own learning, the way learning changed you
Include references to at least five experiences in the course (reading or group work)
Cite course readings in both footnotes and a works cited page
Criteria
Criteria
Develop an original thesis statement and present it clearly in the introduction
Interpret your sources rather than quoting them
Identify assumptions about music and identity that you had at the beginning of the course (especially if you were not aware of them at the time)
Acknowledge others' points of view to illustrate the complexity of the issues
In the conclusion, discuss the implications of what you have learned: how will this experience impact your future?
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