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ORGANIZING DATA Best Practices W2023 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS What is reflective writing? Agenda Sample: Reflective Essay Part 1 What is Reflective Writing Reflective Writing • Reflective Writing is a link between you and our weekly class materials. • When writing reflectively, consider the requir...

ORGANIZING DATA Best Practices W2023 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS What is reflective writing? Agenda Sample: Reflective Essay Part 1 What is Reflective Writing Reflective Writing • Reflective Writing is a link between you and our weekly class materials. • When writing reflectively, consider the required readings alongside your own ideas when you raise questions and make judgements. • A reflective discussion post should demonstrate how you have pushed into the deeper meanings and ramifications of the weekly course materials. Best Practices: Reflective Writing in Discussion Posts • Stick to one idea/topic per post • Introduce your topic with a clear topic sentence • Follow up with supporting sentences in concise and logical way • Discuss your reaction • Is there more to discuss? • 50% your thoughts + 50% evidence from readings • Cite your sources with in-text citations Reflective Philosophy: John Dewey “The continual reevaluation of personal beliefs, assumptions, and ideas in the light of experience…and the generation of alternative interpretations of those experiences” (1859 –1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. Reflective Philosophy: Donald Schön • Reflection-in-action is comparable to “thinking on your feet” and to integrate into professional practice. • Reflection-in-action is the belief that people can “think about doing whilst doing” • (1930-1997) one of the most influential thinkers to help develop the theories and case studies of reflective learning within the business services sector. Reflective Philosophy: David Boud • Boud and his colleagues consider “the role that emotions play in our ability to think critically, or rather at all, in a given situation.” Contemporary Professor of Education Putting It All Together: Reflective Writing When thinking about our weekly discussion activities… • Continually re-evaluate your personal beliefs • Think about your writing process as you are writing • Reflect upon the role of your emotions This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA- Ways to Reflect: The Compass Seidel and Blythe (1996) created a model called “the compass.” This model encourages you to look in four “directions” as you reflect on a particular event. Consider starting with Inward and then moving clockwise to Forward. The Compass Model Inward How do you feel about the weekly class materials? Backward How do the readings impact on your identity, sense of sense, and values? Outward How does your society and culture shape how you see others? Are your beliefs illinformed? Could they negatively affect your work, practice, and so forth? Can you think of a time that you had misconceptions about Indigenous Peoples that were later dispelled? Forward What are you going to do differently next time? Reflective Writing: Expectations Your discussion posts should be 50% personal and 50% academic. • A personal reflection will require you to think deeply about your own experiences. You will need to think about the ways in which your experiences have shaped you or your understanding of a particular issue. A personal reflection is about your perceptions rather than about extensive research that you have conducted. • An academic reflection will require you to think about how your experiences can be explained or understood within the context of the academic literature or theories that you have learned about. The stories, experiences, and thoughts that you share in your reflection should be connected to academic content. Your reflection will require you to think critically and deeply about your experiences in order to make meaning from them. Rather than a simple description or story about an event or experience, you will be encouraged to write an analysis of this event or experience. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA- Weekly Discussion Posts: Tone • The use of first person (I) is common practice in reflective writing. By doing this, you establish personal authority in your writing and processing of ideas • A conversational style is acceptable. • Using acronyms and colloquial (informal) language is common. Acronyms should be defined. Part 2 Sample Reflective Essay SAMPLE REFLECTI ON ESSAY OPEN SAMPLE BY CLICKING HER E Background : Columbine • Non-fiction book written by Dave Cullen (2009). • It is an examination of the Columbine High School massacre, on April 20, 1999, by high school students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY- The Columbine Massacre • On April 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. • The perpetrators, 12th grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. • Ten students were killed in the school library, where Harris and Klebold subsequently committed suicide. • Twenty-one additional people were injured by gunshots, and gunfire was also exchanged with the police. • At the time, it was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Sample Reflective Essay: Introduction • I open with background and general context about the topic which grabs the reader’s attention. • Next, I introduce the sources and the main context of the issue (who, what, where, when, and how). • Finally, the last two sentences state the thesis (main idea) Review: INTRODUCTIONS THE INVERTED TRIANGLE Charles Whitman • On August 1, 1966, 25year-old Marine veteran, Charles Whitman, climbed to the top o the University of Texas clocktower and began to randomly shoot at the public below. • He shot and killed 15 people, including an unborn child, and injured 31 others • killed by two Austin Police Department officers nearly 1.5hours after first opening fire. Mass Shitings in US 19992020 Sample: Thesis Statement in a Reflection Essay “In this paper, I explore my own reactions to the massacre, as documented in Cullen’s book. Namely, I will discuss my surprise to learn about the myths surrounding the killers and their motives, as well as my anger towards ignored opportunities for intervention/prevention.” This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC Compare The Thesis Statement To A Topic Sentence This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Let’s Read the Rest Together … This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY CLICK HERE TO OPEN SAMPLE ESSAY References https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-isgoodbye-snauq-by-lee-maracle-2378939 https://emiliereads.medium.com/goodbye-snauq-areview-c801ad78673d