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Self-Reflection Essay : Length: 4-5 pages double spaced, APA format, 1500 words
A reflection paper is an essay that requires you to express your opinion on a topic. In this paper, you will analyze and reflect upon how a lecture or an aspect of course content shaped your thoughts and opinions on a subject, using the 7 Sacred Teachings as a guideline.
Once you have chosen a topic, you must review and analyze the material. This will allow you to form coherent themes by examining the meaning and thought behind the text.
Some good questions to ask yourself when reviewing and analyzing material are:
How has the material affected me?
What have I learned?
How does the material catch the reader’s attention?
Are there unsolved questions or critical issues?
How will the material affect my future thinking?
These questions will help to streamline your thoughts and opinions on your subject. They will also ensure that your reflection paper flows and is well organized.
Students will:
- Provide a minimum of 4-5 sources, including 1 Journal Article (online or physical copy), 1 book reference, and 1 Government document (electronic or physical copy). NO Wikipedia, Encyclopedias, Instructor’s power points or video lectures, or dictionary sources. News articles may only be supplementary material and do not count towards the 5 sources. Personal communications must be documented adequately.
- The essay must be double-spaced in 12-point font, Times New Roman, and have 1-inch margins. The length requirement does NOT include the title page or reference page(s).
- Analyze their research and the points discussed in the sources. You MUST use correct APA citations for direct quotes and paraphrasing to support your arguments.
- Pages will be numbered in the top right-hand corner.
- No abstract necessary.
- Avoid the use of contractions (EG: Don’t should be written out as do not) and avoid Colloquial language (IE: “This is a thing,” slang terms, phrases such as “Pass the Buck,” or idioms like “It’s raining cats and dogs”).
- Be aware of spelling and grammar.
Anyone writing "the Aboriginals", "The Indigenous", "The Indians" or "The Natives" in this class will receive a 0 on the assignment. Full stop. Putting the word "the" in front of any ethnic group name is Othering, offensive, the basis for racism and removes the autonomy from the group you are speaking about. It removes any sense of sovereignty and self-sufficiency, and it encapsulates the group of people being discussed into one monolithic group. There are several First Nations, and they each should be treated with respect.
