Michael Smith

Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W., Castañeda, R., Hackman, H., Peters, M., & Zúñiga, X. (2013).

Readings for diversity and social justice, 3

rd

Ed

. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Critical Consciousness Development Journals (CCDJ)

3 to 5 Pages each 2 due throughout

course

In order to deepen your process of l

earning in this course, I want you to spend some time

critically reflecting on

the class discussions and the readings by writing

2

critical analysis papers. These should serve as

a log of your

own experiences and critical reactions to the class exercises,

discussions, readings and

assignments.

These analyses

must

be

based on the readings, class discussion, exercises, and video

presentations due for

that section

(YOU MUST REFERENCE

AT LEAST 3

OF THE READINGS). If you are

critical of a

position,

present

alter

native positions and provide evidence for your position.

Address

how the

readings

illuminate an issue.

Address

how the readings have helped you re

-

think old ideas or ways of

working.

Address

questions that have been generated for you and why these question

s are important to

your practice and

to your life; how you have or could use the ideas in your professional practice or personal life;

and how your

thinking is changing given the readings.

Discuss

implications for social work practice in each

analysis. Mos

t

importantly though, this analysis should serve as a way for you to

reflect

on how your own

identities and

knowledge/ experience around oppression/ privilege may be shaping your reactions and learning

process.

Do

not

summarize what is in the readings. The

instructor already knows what the readings say.

Rather, apply

the readings to your practice and/or to experiences in your life. The important thing to remember

is that the

critical analysis allows you an opportunity to reflect upon your experiences, to le

arn about

yourself, and to learn

from others. Critical analyses will be handled in a confidential manner.

These analyses will not be graded for their descriptions of what you are learning (everyone will

learn

differently). Instead, they will be graded for

their completeness and for their depth of insight and

reflection.

The reasons a student might receive an analysis with points deducted are: a) failure to address

substantively the

points above; b) poor writing

–

errors in grammar, spelling, etc.; c) lack o

f self

-

reflection; d)

merely repeating

Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W., Castañeda, R., Hackman, H., Peters, M., & Zúñiga, X. (2013).

Readings for diversity and social justice, 3rd Ed. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Critical Consciousness Development Journals (CCDJ) 3 to 5 Pages each 2 due throughout

course

In order to deepen your process of learning in this course, I want you to spend some time

critically reflecting on

the class discussions and the readings by writing 2 critical analysis papers. These should serve as

a log of your

own experiences and critical reactions to the class exercises, discussions, readings and

assignments.

These analyses must be based on the readings, class discussion, exercises, and video

presentations due for

that section (YOU MUST REFERENCE AT LEAST 3 OF THE READINGS). If you are

critical of a

position, present alternative positions and provide evidence for your position. Address how the

readings

illuminate an issue. Address how the readings have helped you re-think old ideas or ways of

working.

Address questions that have been generated for you and why these questions are important to

your practice and

to your life; how you have or could use the ideas in your professional practice or personal life;

and how your

thinking is changing given the readings. Discuss implications for social work practice in each

analysis. Most

importantly though, this analysis should serve as a way for you to reflect on how your own

identities and

knowledge/ experience around oppression/ privilege may be shaping your reactions and learning

process.

Do not summarize what is in the readings. The instructor already knows what the readings say.

Rather, apply

the readings to your practice and/or to experiences in your life. The important thing to remember

is that the

critical analysis allows you an opportunity to reflect upon your experiences, to learn about

yourself, and to learn

from others. Critical analyses will be handled in a confidential manner.

These analyses will not be graded for their descriptions of what you are learning (everyone will

learn

differently). Instead, they will be graded for their completeness and for their depth of insight and

reflection.

The reasons a student might receive an analysis with points deducted are: a) failure to address

substantively the

points above; b) poor writing – errors in grammar, spelling, etc.; c) lack of self-reflection; d)

merely repeating