Week 10 Discussion: The Capstone

Reflection on Capstone Project Experience: The focus of this week is to reflect on and evaluate your Capstone Project experience and how it has helped you to become a scholar-practitioner committed to fostering positive social change.

To prepare for Reflection on Capstone Project Experience:

Reflect on your experiences with the Capstone Project including but not limited to the following questions:

What aspects of the Capstone Project and course have helped you to become more of a scholar-practitioner?

How have the program and project forwarded your contribution to positive social change?

What aspects of the experience were less beneficial in these regards?

What would you recommend to future students in the Capstone experience?

Think about your commitment to fostering social change.

Consider how participating in and completing the Capstone Project have contributed to your overall sense of yourself as a scholar-practitioner and as someone who fosters positive social change.

With this in mind:

Post by Day 4 a brief synopsis of your Capstone Project and a brief summary of your reflections on the Capstone Project experience.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Respond by Day 6 to at least one of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

Ask a probing question.

Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.

Offer and support an opinion.

Validate an idea with your own experience.

Make a suggestion.

Expand on your colleague’s posting.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.