Paper details
Reflection paper:
4-5 pages of writing double spaced (with cover page and reference page make its 6-7 page).
Pt 1: sports event / moment or issue (40-50% of the writing).
Be descriptive & factual rather than interpretive in your style. Avoid an moral or political assessments here.
Pt 2: use 1 or 2 concepts, analytical insights, theories from course readings (50-60%).
Summarize / paraphrase the concept / theory etc.
Then interpret the event, experience etc. using the concept / theory etc.
Reflection paper II
Reference published readings not lecture notes. Paraphrasing and quotes must be properly cited.
Your theory / analytic insights can come from any required course reading.
Do not use this to express personal opinion.
Use this paper to learn to see something differently.
Rather than telling me what you know, use this paper to have some new thoughts.
Re-interpret the experience or issue of part 1, in a completely new way in light of the theory, while staying faithful to the facts.
