Today's assignment is a thoughtful one. This is a DRAFT!!!! You are to put your earbuds in your ears and get into the zone of concentration....reflection and ponder this year. We have been in school since August 17th and already many new changes have occurred. It is the year of the unexpected, new ideas, new discoveries, trial and error, problem-solving, covered faces, social media expansion, etc.
A great deal of your time at Holy Family will be spent thinking; thinking about what people have said, what people have done, how our world has changed, is changing, what you yourself are thinking and how your thinking has changed. It is generally believed that the thinking process involves two aspects: reflective thinking and critical thinking. They are not separate processes; rather, they are closely connected (Brookfield 1987).
A great deal of your time at Holy Family will be spent thinking; thinking about what people have said, what people have done, how our world has changed, is changing, what you yourself are thinking and how your thinking has changed. It is generally believed that the thinking process involves two aspects: reflective thinking and critical thinking. They are not separate processes; rather, they are closely connected (Brookfield 1987).
Because it concerns your thoughts, reflective writing is mostly subjective. Therefore, in addition to being reflective and logical, you can be personal, hypothetical, critical and creative. You can comment about your experiences, rather than solely drawing on academic evidence.
Reflective writing is an activity that includes description (what, when, who) and analysis (how, why, what if). It is an explorative tool often resulting in more questions than answers.
A reflective task may allow you to use different modes of writing and language:
Use full sentences and complete paragraphs for your reflections. Reflective writing is often less formal—you can usually use personal pronouns like 'I', 'my' or 'we' - but keep colloquial language to a minimum, e.g. terms like kid, stuff. thing.... (words used in ordinary conversation; not formal)
What can I discuss?
Tips to help you in your reflective writing process(here is a "baby organizational outline to help you)
Today Minimum a page. ---- this is not going to be the completed piece. Have hope young ones. Ponder, Reflect.....Use first person personal pronouns.
Reflective writing is an activity that includes description (what, when, who) and analysis (how, why, what if). It is an explorative tool often resulting in more questions than answers.
A reflective task may allow you to use different modes of writing and language:
Use full sentences and complete paragraphs for your reflections. Reflective writing is often less formal—you can usually use personal pronouns like 'I', 'my' or 'we' - but keep colloquial language to a minimum, e.g. terms like kid, stuff. thing.... (words used in ordinary conversation; not formal)
What can I discuss?
- Your perceptions of the course and the content.
- Any questions you have.
- Experiences, ideas and observations you have had, and how they relate to the course or topic.
- What you found confusing, inspiring, difficult, interesting and why.
- Possibilities, speculations, hypotheses or solutions.
- Alternative interpretations or different perspectives on what you have read or done in your course.
- How new ideas challenge what you already know.
- What you need to explore next in terms of thoughts and actions.
- solved a problem
- reached a conclusion
- found an answer
- reached a point of understanding.
Tips to help you in your reflective writing process(here is a "baby organizational outline to help you)
- Think of an interaction, event or episode you experienced that can be connected to the topic.
- Describe what happened.
- What was your role?
- What feelings and perceptions surrounded the experience?
- How would you explain the situation to someone else?
- What might this experience mean in the context of your course?
- What other perspectives, theories or concepts could be applied to the situation?
Today Minimum a page. ---- this is not going to be the completed piece. Have hope young ones. Ponder, Reflect.....Use first person personal pronouns.