Course-End Questions For Reflection

What happened through the service-learning experience?

From your perspective, what was the purpose of this course?
What did you accomplish through your service-learning experience?
What did you learn through the service-learning experience?
How well were you prepared for your service-learning experience?
How did the on-campus classes affect your service-learning experience?
How would recommend that this course be improved for future students?

What did your experience mean to you?

Do you believe that your work this semester made a difference? Please explain.
Do you believe that a service-learning experience of this sort should be required of all English Education majors? Please explain.
How do feel about your service-learning experience?
What have you learned about yourself this semester through your service-learning experience?
What have you learned about teaching and learning through your service-learning experience?
What have you learned about the institution of school through your service-learning experience?

Where do you go from here?

How do you anticipate that you will build on this experience in your future as an educator?
How do you anticipate that you will build on this experience in your future as a citizen?
How has this experience affected your goal of becoming a secondary school English teacher?

Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning

Foundational Knowledge - Understanding and remembering information and ideas.
Students will recognize and understand legal terminology.
Acquire in-depth knowledge of key concepts of virology.

Application - Skills; critical, creative, and practical thinking; managing projects.
Students will be able to compare and contrast opposing legal principles, choose a position and defend it.
Students will demonstrate teamwork in preparing a complex project.

Integration - Connecting ideas, people, realms of life.
Students will be able to apply legal principles to the accounting field.
Assess the contributions of virology to advances in science and medicine.

Human Dimension - Learning about oneself, others.
Students use reflection and team feedback to identify areas where they have strengths and areas that need improvement.
Value the group learning environment.

Caring - Developing new feelings, interests, values.
Students will want to apply legal and ethical knowledge to life events.
Understand the impact of viral disease on individuals and populations.

Learning How to Learn - Becoming a better student; inquiring about a subject; self-directing learners. Students will be able to do reasearch to assess and apply court cases to legal issues. Learn to think as a scientist.