SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia Assessment Task 3 Reflective Essay (1500 words) Goal: To demonstrate and critically apply emerging discipline knowledge through reflection Your essay should include three (3) key issues or knowledge that you have found particularly interesting, challenging and/or difficult. Something that changed the way you think. One of these issues should directly relate to the text for this subject – Ruth Hegarty autobiography, Is that you, Ruthie? One key issue should relate directly to ONE of your choice of the online/flipped lecture content, the films and documentaries you have explored during semester. One key issue of your choice. For example Education (Why werent we told); Frontier Violence; Missions and Reserves; etc. In each key issue you are required to reflect on your personal position. Discuss how this has changed or not changed. Each key issue should include a sociological reference, concept or theory to support your reflection. How did this make you think and feel differently? (ie sociological imagination; regulatory power; killjoys; etc) Referencing You will need to provide references when you are referring to content and issues to provide context for your reflection. Use of professional presentation style and appropriate explanations. Referencing You will need to provide references when you are referring to content and issues to provide context for your reflection. Use of professional presentation style and appropriate explanations. What is reflective writing? – Reflective writing is meant to encourage you to reveal your personal thoughts about your life experiences in relation to the content you are learning about. Reflection means taking some time to examine your own thoughts, beliefs, values, attitudes and assumptions about your understanding of a topic, a situation or a problem. When you reflect, think about your own experiences and knowledge and how you arrived at that understanding. Often our thinking has been shaped by the values of our family and culture, an embarrassing or uncomfortable situation, our religion, past teachers, newspapers, TV shows and so on. There is no absolute right or wrong way with reflective thinking. But the key questions in reflective thinking are how? and why? rather than what? You are required to write about what you thought, felt and what made you feel uncomfortable and discuss the emotion of the key issues you choose. The aim for this assessment task is for you to become an active learner by asking questions and thinking critically about your own ideas. (see – https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/studying/study-support/academic-skills/reflective-writing OR https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/libraryservices/library/skills/asc/documents/public/Short-Guide-Reflective-Writing.pdf) Reflective Essay Plan Ruth Hegarty autobiography, Is that you, Ruthie? (500 words) ? Briefly discuss the key elements of the book that relates to your reflection. (100 words) ? ? reflect on your personal position; how this has changed or not changed (200words) ? ? sociological reference, concept or theory to support your reflection (100words) ? ? How did this make you think and feel differently? (100words) Your choice of the online/flipped lecture content, the films and documentaries (500 words) ? Briefly discuss the key elements of the film/documentary that relates to your reflection. Set out the context of the filim/doco. (100 words) ? ? reflect on your personal position; how this has changed or not changed (200 words) ? ? sociological reference, concept or theory to support your reflection (100 words) ? ? How did this make you think and feel differently? (100 words) Your choice of issue explored in SCS130. (500 words) ? Briefly discuss the key elements of your reflection. (100 words) ? ? reflect on your personal position; how this has changed or not changed (200 words) ? ? sociological reference, concept or theory to support your reflection (100words) ? How did this make you think and feel differently? (100 words) Please watch and reference the movie ‘September’ Marking Rubric Criteria 100%-85% 84%-75% 74%-65% 64%-50% 49%-0% – Ruth Hegarty autobiography, Is that you, Ruthie? Discuss a key element of this text and provide a critical reflection. Weight -15% Discuss ONE of your choice of the online/flipped lecture content, the films and documentaries you have explored during semester. Weight – 15% Provide a critical reflection in relation to one key issue of your choice. Weight – 15% Detailed and critical sociological reference, concept or theory to support your reflection. Theoretical application linked to key examples and drawn from SCS130 content. Weight – 20% An overall reflection on your personal position in relation to content of SCS130. Discuss how this has changed or not changed. Weight – 20% Referencing and essay structure. Standard of writing and analysis. Weight – 15% I will up load lecture slides for the lecture I will select for reflection tomorrow. I will also extend the deadline for this one too as can be done over 3 weeks as I would like a great piece of reflective work as I have a funeral to organise and attend and I cannot do all my workload at this time Please focus on 1. Education –please reflect on the lack of truth etc in the education system it is slowly changing now but it still is not good at all. 2. Stolen Generation, the trauma caused to innocent children just because they were Aboriginal I feel sick to my stomach being a parent myself and learning about what has been done 3. the continued oppression – and focus on White Privilege and how ingrained and accepted it is and how very damaging that is to our countries true history. I would like a relfection of great sadness of what I wasn’t taught, and also for cultures lost and for the long term generational trauma. Referencing to include Is that you Ruthie? by Ruth Hegarty – (stolen generation reflection part) The text Knowledge of Life Aboriginal and Torres STrait Islander Australia – Kaye Price also the Film September I will upload more things later and more instructions Feel free to message your questions
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