professional development in their learners. Learning something that is new or different and then reflecting on what that means for a current or expected professional position can be an important outcome. Some of my students include portions of a journal or diary in a professional portfolio as a means of demonstrating to current or prospective employers their ability to critically reflect on issues. I also urge my students to incorporate such self-reflection through a journaling technique into
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What is a Reflective Journal? A reflective journal is a way of thinking in a critical and analytical way about your work in progress. It shows how different aspects of your work interconnect. The journal can record: • where your inspiration comes from • how you make use of your ideas to develop your work • your awareness of the cultural context (setting) in which you work This context includes: other artists’ work and their ideas; the ideas of critics and theorists; social‚ political‚ aesthetic
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"The Bicycle Thief" is a deeply moving neo-realist study of post-War Italy which depicts one man’s loss of faith and his struggle to maintain personal dignity in poverty and bureaucratic indifference. Antonio Ricci is a bill-poster whose bicycle‚ essential for his job‚ is stolen by a thief. Joined by his son Bruno‚ Antonio vainly searches for his bike‚ eventually resorting to the humiliation of theft himself. Throughout this paper‚ I will attempt to trace the character through
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Reflective Journal Detailed description as if to an outsider. Often you will use your journal to record detailed descriptions of some aspect of your internship environment‚ whether physical‚ behavioral‚ or organizational. When you write them‚ you will not have a clear idea of what you will make of these details‚ but you will sense that they might be important later. These descriptions should sound as if you were describing them to someone who was never there. Journals allow you to sound naïve
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Title of Article : Effectiveness of Multimedia in Learning & Teaching data structures online Author and brief background : Sahalu Junaidi‚ King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Dhahran‚ KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Journal Title and Vol. Number : Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE Volume: 9 Number: 4 Article 7 Date of submission : October 2008 ISSN 1302-6488 I. INTRODUCTION Globalizations make everything easier and fast in everywhere with direct communication
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DIALECTICAL JOURNAL – The Book Thief A dialectical journal is a type of multi-column‚ conversational note-taking. It will help you develop critical reading and reflective questioning. In your journal‚ have a conversation with the text and with yourself – The Book Thief is the perfect book for this type of conversation. Write down your thoughts‚ questions‚ insights‚ and ideas while you read. The most important part is that‚ while reading‚ you are responding to the text with what’s on
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Reflection 1: Burn Journals Personal Response: What are your initial reactions to the book? What insights‚ aha’s‚ or connections do you have based on your group’s conversation? When I first started this book I had an idea that it was going to be really emotional and the boy was depressed for reasons because of home life‚ or just a sickness he couldn’t understand. But when it started out as such raw thoughts of a male teenage boy‚ I was completely caught off guard by how honest it
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The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon is an intimate memoir about the recovery from depression and a horrific suicide attempt. Brent Runyon was born in 1977 in Falls Church‚ Virginia. Runyon was a normal public school student until his depression got out of control and he resorted to suicide. He had several attempts that never would work. Although his suicide was not successful there was one final attempt that would take years of recovery. His last attempt was influenced by a book of matches and will
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Task 1 – Signed off Learning Contract Learning Contract Choice of topics and learning context. This learning contract has been prepared to guide my study of two very useful topics. I have chosen to develop my competencies in ‘Working relations’ and ‘Time management’. Should any of these prove difficult my focus will change to the topic of ‘Influence and Persuasion’. Below I have cited reasons why I have chosen the above topics. The first reason is due to the tough
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The Lightning Thief is a novel written by Rick Riordan. In the novel‚ Riordan follows archetypes similar to other literature. The story line follows the quest because Percy’s ordinary home is made unordinary‚ and then he goes on a search for the stolen lightning bolt. The conflict is fire versus ice. Percy has knowledge that he did not steal the lightning bolt and saves humanity‚ while Luke and Kronos seek to bring death and revenge to all those around them. The hero enters the story as the narrator
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