Community Research Paper

COMMUNITY FINAL REFLECTION PAPER This year you conducted a community project to address issues that you identified in your community. You have now reached the final stage of your project. In this stage you will finalize all of the work you have done; research, findings, self-reflection, opinion, etc… Your final reflection paper should include the following:  Provide a brief introduction to your project.  Well-developed thesis statement.  Reflection about the process: Include a minimum of 4 extracts/samples from your process journal (i.e. challenges, epiphanies, data, successes, pictures, drawings, etc.)  Reflection on what you have learned. (Global Contexts, ATLs and Learner Profile), refer to specific Process Journal entries appendices (an attachment of another visual that may not be directly imbedded to your reflection).  Completed bibliography of sources researched (easybib.com) FINAL REFLECTION REQUIREMENTS: -Title Page -Table of Contents (include page numbers) 1. Title Page 2. Table of Contents 3. Reflection Paper 4. Process Journal appendices 5. Bibliography -Typed 12pt font -Times New Roman or Arial -Double Spaced -1 Inch margins -Paginated (page numbers at bottom of page) -Paragraphs should be uniform. (Block style or Indentation) -Bibliography Below is a suggested outline for your FINAL REFLECTION: Paragraph One (Introduction) Paragraph Two Get the reader’s attention by including a “hook” State the issue you researched. State your initial goal. State Global Context for learning your Community Project addressed. (see project guidebook for more info) Provide a brief background of the issue you selected. Conclude with a thesis statement. (your opinion about the issue you identified.) How did you decide which issue in the community to research and take an action on? Was it personal? Did your action require you to plan and organize? If so, what was this process like? Paragraph Three Paragraph Four How did you use creativity to take action in order to meet your goal? (Creative Thinking) Did you collaborate with anyone? If so, what was that process like? If not, why not? (Collaboration critical) Group work or reaching out to community members, working with staff, etc. What was challenging about this project? What was easy about it? (Reflection) What did you learn about the community? Misconceptions? AfÏrmations? (Reflection) Paragraph Five Paragraph Six How did your research help you better understand the issue in your community? (Literacy, media literacy: videos, internet, transfer) As you reflected on your process journal, what would you change about the process or project, if you had the opportunity to do it over again? (Critical thinking, transfer) Did you meet your goal? If so, what is the evidence of your success? If not, why do you think you did not meet your goal (For example: Did your project end up going in a different direction?) Paragraph Seven (Conclusion) What did you learn about yourself as a learner and as an active citizen in society? (Critical thinking, transfer) How will you use what you have learned in the future? (Critical thinking, transfer) ***REMEMBER: Include physical extracts referred to in your paper (minimum of 4) from the Process Journal (i.e. challenges, epiphanies, data, and successes) PROCESS JOURNAL EXTRACTS (APPENDICES) You should carefully select evidence from your process journal to demonstrate development in all criteria. An extract may include: Visual thinking diagrams Bulleted lists Charts Notes Timelines, action plans Labeled illustrations Direct quote from a source Artifacts from inspirational visits to museums, performances, galleries Pictures, photographs, sketches Up to 30 seconds of visual or audio material Screenshots of a blog, website or online journal Questionnaires or Surveys Self and peer assessment feedback.