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Reflection papers serve several
purposes.
- The process of putting thoughts on paper proved to
be a meaningful learning experience.
- Reflection papers demonstrate not only that
you are reading the material, viewing the videos and preparing for
class, but also that you are pondering the issues.
- Reflection papers allow you to
articulate ideas and arguments while you are reading and
thus be better prepared to participate in discussion during
the next class.
- Reflection papers provide a mechanism to
explore ideas that are not necessarily covered in class or
that you may be hesitant to assert verbally. They allow you
to apply what you are learning to your personal life
experiences.
- Reflection papers develop complex insights and
theories, and allow you to speculate about the future. Most
significantly, reflection papers allow you to engaged in the
process of experiencing the harmony or dissonance between
the perspectives described in the readings and your own.
Reflection paper privileges experience and the forceful
articulation of that experience.
Reflection papers should explore the underlying value
implications of the reading and videos and relate it to your
own personal experience and observations.
You may want
explore the point at which a value important to you is
violated; to challenge the desirability of consequences of a
position taken in the reading; to make analogies to other
things that you have learned; or to explore the priorities
being set by some aspect of the reading or videos.
While reflection papers are personal in nature, they
must be
significantly connected to the law and the role of the law in
maintaining or alleviating racism. It should be clear from your
reflection that it is based on your experience, the readings, the videos
and the class discussion.
Reflection papers are due as follows:
- Submissions start Thursday, 1:30 pm
- Submissions end Saturday, 11:30 am;
- Assessments start Saturday, 1:30pm
- Assessments end Tuesday, 1:30pm
Reflection papers should be maximum 1000 words
in length.
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