Module 3 Wrap-up

 

This is the end of Module 3 - thank you for your participation! Before moving on to Module 4, please check if you have completed all of the assignments for this week. It may also benefit you to take some time to reflect on your learning this week. Below, you will find ten questions to help guide your reflection.

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• ☐ read about the differences between interpretation and description?
• ☐ take a quiz on description versus interpretation?
• ☐ write five descriptive and five interpretive statements about a photo?
• ☐ assess your descriptions and interpretations of the photo and share your thoughts on the photo description and interpretation activity?
• ☐ talk to a colleague about this course’s content and how it might be applied to your context?
• ☐ tell the group about your discussion with your colleague?
• ☐ write a discussion board post about something that has one meaning in one culture but another meaning in another culture?
• ☐ read/watch a video about encouraging reflective practice in others?
• ☐ take a quiz on techniques to encourage reflective practice?
• ☐ respond to (at least two) classmate’s posts on micro-cultures?
• ☐ write a post about a “cultural bump” you’ve experienced?
• ☐ write a written reflection on your use of techniques for encouraging reflective practice?
• ☐ submit original work throughout the module?
  
  

Questions for reflection:

1. In Modules 2 and 3 we learned that if we want to “think critically about a situation, we need to be aware of our assumptions.” What are some of your own assumptions you’ve become aware of lately?
2. How can you help students distinguish between description and interpretation? How is this related to critical thinking?
3. Why is the distinction between observation and interpretation important to you as a teacher, learner and person?
4. What did you learn about cascading knowledge from your conversation with a colleague and by reading the posts of classmates?
5. How can the ideas you discussed with a colleague be applied to your own teaching context?
6. How do the micro-cultures you participate in shape your thinking and behavior?
7. What was surprising or interesting for you from classmates’ posts on things with different meanings in different cultures?
8. What would you like to remember from your classmates’ “cultural bump” stories? How does seeing things these incidents from two perspectives help you understand them better?
9. How could the idea of “cultural bumps” be used in your classes?
10. Which techniques for promoting reflective practice in others come most naturally to you? Which are more challenging? What can you do to improve your skills in helping encourage reflective practice in others?