8-10 pg Reflective/Reaction Paper

Culminating Core Reflective/Reaction Paper

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(8

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10 pages double

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spaced)

without

reference

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Include a reference section that follows APA style guidelines.

two parts: Criterion 1 and Criterion 2. Each should be about 4

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5 double

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spaced

pages.

When it is asking about a “branch of philosophy” it means with respect to

different paradigms (Positivism, Post Positivism, Const

ructivism …. Etc.).

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Look at criterion 5 for each to see how you should try to aim your paper.

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It is important to include some seminal / important references to back up

your point of view.

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These can be from the course readings or other sources of scholarshi

p that

impact you.

Where are you in all of this? Which epistemological stances seem most

attractive/appropriate to you? You are to reflect on / think through the research

paradigms and philosophies encountered in this class in relation to the

natu

re/process/role of inquiry in education.

In this reflection paper, weave in citations from discussions of the philosophies,

philosophers, and philosophical thinking from which you draw and with which you

wrestle.

Please use any of the following questions t

hat inspire you to reflect on where you are

as an emerging scholar/researcher (but make sure to cover at least (*):

• What do you believe to be the nature, purpose, role and value of educational

research?

• What have you come to understand about philosophy

and research?

• Which perspectives or paradigms seem most attractive to you/appropriate to your

line of inquiry? Why?

• What values (ethical, aesthetic) guide you as an emerging researcher?

• How has the course Philosophies of Inquiry challenged/changed your life in terms of

how you

see yourself as a scholar?

Culminating Core Reflective/Reaction Paper

- (8-10 pages double- spaced) without reference

- Include a reference section that follows APA style guidelines.

two parts: Criterion 1 and Criterion 2. Each should be about 4-5 double-spaced

pages.

When it is asking about a “branch of philosophy” it means with respect to

different paradigms (Positivism, Post Positivism, Constructivism …. Etc.).

- Look at criterion 5 for each to see how you should try to aim your paper.

- It is important to include some seminal / important references to back up

your point of view.

- These can be from the course readings or other sources of scholarship that

impact you.

Where are you in all of this? Which epistemological stances seem most

attractive/appropriate to you? You are to reflect on / think through the research

paradigms and philosophies encountered in this class in relation to the

nature/process/role of inquiry in education.

In this reflection paper, weave in citations from discussions of the philosophies,

philosophers, and philosophical thinking from which you draw and with which you

wrestle.

Please use any of the following questions that inspire you to reflect on where you are

as an emerging scholar/researcher (but make sure to cover at least (*):

• What do you believe to be the nature, purpose, role and value of educational

research?

• What have you come to understand about philosophy and research?

• Which perspectives or paradigms seem most attractive to you/appropriate to your

line of inquiry? Why?

• What values (ethical, aesthetic) guide you as an emerging researcher?

• How has the course Philosophies of Inquiry challenged/changed your life in terms of

how you see yourself as a scholar?