The purpose of the reflective paper is to reflect on your learning throughout this course. You were given a choice of completing one of the the following assignments:
1. Conduct action research on an area of growth in your practice (teaching/leading)
2. Journal or blog about your learning and application of these theories or practices throughout the course.
3. Mentor a new teacher, leader or professional in the field. Use the protocols provided in the course to document mentor/mentee growth over time.
4. Design your own learning project
No matter which assignment you chose to complete each of them lead to this assignment. All of the above assignments include data collection either qualitative or quantitative or mixed in nature.
Write a reflection essay about a personal experience and a lesson or realization from it. It is a personal account of what you think and feel during and after that experience.
There is no specific reflection paper format for the body of this paper however you need to consider describing the experience using a variety of descriptive methods. Where did it happen? Use adjectives to describe what you saw but also what you heard, smelled, felt, etc. What you were thinking that time would also help. The body could also be a narrative. Narrate what happened concisely. The body of the paper should also have the effects of the incident. It could be an effect on your knowledge, skills and/or attitude or even beliefs. It can lead to an effect to your entire body of practices or group of professionals or associates in your learning community. Answer this question with details: What changed after that experience?
It is also in the body where your realizations or reflection should be written. The realization should be about your thoughts. The realization may be based on the effects and it may align with research which needs to be cited in the reflection. It may also include whether you think the effects of the incident is good or bad. It may also include what could be worse or better that happened. It may also be about the lessons you learned or from which readers could learn. You may also discuss the benefits you got or what you have lost because of that particular experience.
The Learning Objective for this assignment:
Design and execute a study to advance your own knowledge about the questions, topic or effective interventions & current practices.
The report must include the following sections:
Introduction and rationale for investigation, study, learning project (The Why): Presents a rationale for the investigation, identifying reasons as to why the study is important to consumers, students, families, educators, and/or the community, and how the results will impact people with disabilities. Presents a summary of a review of literature on the topic. Discusses the rationale for the current study, addressing relevant history/background information, the rationale, the setting, and participants
Research question (The What: I intend to learn): specific statement of purpose or question under investigation or Thesis for your paper if a research question is not appropriate.
Investigation procedures and methodology (How: my process of learning)
Data Collection: Procedures for collecting data
Design and Data Analysis: Type of research design used; description of data analysis as appropriate
Results: Description of the major findings of the investigation; Tables and graphs accurately present data (Data or evidence to show what I learned)
Finish it with a summary of your experience, realizations and thoughts.
(What you Learned each step of the way and overall?)
7. Conclusions, Implications, Recommended Course of Action: Discussion of findings in reference to research question; Implications of findings for students or persons with disabilities and programs/services; Recommendations for future interventions, or investigations. If you were to do this again or advice to others who are doing something similar. (How can this learning benefit others?)
8. References: The reference list follows APA format. Yes, you are citing some of the theories, research or protocols used in this course and using other resources you need to cite it appropriately.
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