Instruction
Step 1: Capture your topic. For the critical reflections, please choose 1 one or two sentence direct quotation from class or the readings as your prompt. The quotation should be relevant to a topic that you can tie directly to your own community experiences, observations, and attitudes. The quote must appear at the beginning of your paper. The quote citation should appear after the quote (i.e. MS Powerpoint, class lecture).
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Step 2: Critically reflect on your selected quote. Once you have identified the quotation prompt for your reflection, post it at the top of your paper immediately after the title, followed by a line space. Then, note where the quote came from. The quote must come from the readings, MS Powerpoint or class discussion. Next, write 300 to 400 words that provides your belief that there is an important truth or lesson relevant to community psychology to be gleaned from the quote you selected.
To help you think about your topic and write well, consider responding to any of these questions: What truth or lesson is being communicated by this quote? Why is this truth or lesson so important? How do your own or other’s experiences and observations relate to and support this truth or lesson? In what ways does this lesson make logical sense to you? In what ways does this lesson make emotional sense to you? How might this lesson be relevant to your own or others’ life and career? Why do some fail to live as if this truth or lesson were important? Why might some suggest this truth or lesson is not important? How would you defend the truth of this lesson from those who disagree and believe the lesson is not important? What can we do (at an individual, community, or society level to make this truth or lesson better recognized or practiced?
You are encouraged to be creative in your reflections. Your reflections may include, when relevant, links to media, pictures, or other supporting resources.
Step 3: Write a Discussion Question. End your entry with a line space and then post a single, relevant, provocative, open-ended question that you believe could prompt further reflection, discussion, or comments.
Step 4: Give Your Reflection a Title. Be sure to give your reflection a relevant, catchy but professional title. Your title should be like a creative, but good headline.
Reflection papers are pass/fail. No credit will be given for papers that are missing any one of the following components: Title, quote, reflection, discussion question. If any of the components are missing, the paper will need to be corrected and resubmitted for credit. The paper must contain a title, quote with citation, reflection, and discussion question.