1. Identify personal insights, moments of critical questioning, and comments or ideas from today’s workshop that have impacted you.
Today I have furthered my argument that I can be a good scholar if I develop a writing process strategy and actually spend the time to develop my thoughts and research specific topics. I received feedback on my first paper and presentation, which went very well. I also received feedback on my deconstruction of a non-peer reviewed article in which I selected Robert Krugman. I did well on that assignment too, except I misunderstood that I needed to add my own insights regarding the author’s style and voice and how it applies to my writing, rather than in regards to the content.
We discussed thinking outside of the realm of our assumed reality with the triangle exercise. We also did an activity with the thinking models. We selected the Attitude Choice model and we basically went through what events are important, how our beliefs or assumptions work, and then how that relates to emotions, consequences, and reactions. I learned that not everything is so obvious, and depending on others’ backgrounds and perspectives, their reaction may result in vastly different beliefs and consequences or emotions. We did draw a loop back to the belief/attitude box.
Finally, we reviewed our peer’s article. I was actually very disappointed because the author’s paper I received was practically unfinished and had very little content in it. I realize how bad it looks for others in the scholarly community to read something like that.
2. Describe why these insights, questions, and ideas are important to you. What effect do they have and what dilemmas, questions, or possibilities do they raise? How do these issues affect the clarity, order, confusion, or chaos of your thinking?
The dilemma I face with my writing is getting more in depth, spending more time to improve quality, and then having someone else read my work. This will provide additional insights into what works, what doesn’t, and I also need to focus on my audience so that I format the paper and use the proper tone. This will provide additional clarity in my writing as well as provide some order to my paper.
3. What issues, questions, and dilemmas are you going to explore further? Why and how? How will your actions influence who you are and how you relate to others? What relational nets can you construct to continue this process of reflective and critical learning?
I would like to talk with Dr. Deb about my writing, critical thinking, and how to dive down once I have scratched the surface. I know I have a lot to offer, and being in this class, I am not afraid to vocalize my confusions or voice my opinions. What happens when I am at work? J
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