Identity Repair Through Rituals In Mental Health Court
Your learning portfolio must include two parts. The first part will be an informal piece of writing in which you will reflect on the work you have done in this class, the things that you have learned, and the changes in your thinking that has occurred over the course. The second part must be material from the class (notes, assignments, reflections, whatever) that help illustrate these changes (think of the second part of the learning portfolio as evidence that helps support or illustrate how your thinking as changed). You are free to reflect on whatever you like, as long as it demonstrates the intellectual journey you have taken in this class. If you are having difficulty starting, consider some of the following prompts (these questions are guides—it is likely that you will find some of these questions more useful or engaging than others—and no one should be answering all of them):
1.Look at what you have produced (in this class as well as in others). Do you still feel the same way about the material now as you did when you started? Why or why not?
2.Did you overcome any fear or anxiety about the material or the course?
3.Have your attitudes toward any particular component in the course changed? What is different and why? If nothing has changed, why is that the case?
4.If you could give yourself advice at the beginning of the term, what advice would you give yourself?
5.Do you feel like you’ve developed any particular skills? Why or why not?
6.Were there areas where you did not meet either my expectations or your own expectations? Why or why not?
7.Do you still need to learn more about something? What is it? How can you go about doing this?
I want to encourage you not to write what you think I want to hear. You will not do well if you do not actually reflect on your particular intellectual journey in this course. This means that your reflection must fit only the material in your learning portfolio; if I am able to apply your generic statements to someone else’s portfolio, then you haven’t done your job. To this end, you must be specific in your reflection by pointing to particular issues and ideas or experiences, as evidenced in your assignments or class discussions, so that I can see what you are reflecting on.
