Week 3 Reflection: Habits of Mind

Hello, visitors! This week's weekly reflection blog would be a recap of how I developed the "habits of mind" in this three weeks Writing 39A.

Curiosity – the desire to know more about the world

As I annotate and analyze films and readings, I find myself getting eager to dig deeper. When I compare my writings in week 1 and week 3, I notice that the ones in week 3 are more detailed and insightful while the ones in week 1 are more superficial.

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Openness – the willingness to consider new ways of being and thinking in the world

When I read my classmate’s exploratory drafts, I often notice that they have very creative ideas that I had never thought of. It is a very enjoyful process to learn by absorbing different ideas.

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Engagement – a sense of investment and involvement in learning

When we do peer reviews, commenting on each other’s draft makes it more involved in what we are learning. It motivates me to invest more into my writings.

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Creativity – the ability to use novel approaches for generating, investigating, and representing ideas

For each week’s blog and discussion post, we display our thoughts in words.

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Persistence – the ability to sustain interest in and attention to short- and long-term projects

Although we have not done any short-term projects in this class, the upcoming podcast project will surely be a great opportunity to develop this habit. Yet, this blog I am writing right now is part of the final portfolio. It helps me develop the habit of building up a big project by doing small parts each time.

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Flexibility – the ability to adapt to situations, expectations, or demands

We work on different types of assignments in Writing 39A. So far, we have done annotations in videos, annotations in readings, blog writings, exploratory drafts, etc.

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Responsibility – the ability to take ownership of one’s actions and understand the consequences of those actions for oneself and others

In terms of learning, I understand that every tiny step that I have taken leads to larger achievements. In terms of writing, I don’t think I can “take ownership” of my writings very well at this point.

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Metacognition (reflection) – the ability to reflect on one’s own thinking as well as on the individual and cultural processes used to structure knowledge

For every weekly blog, it is an opportunity for me to reflect on my learning. They give me a better understanding of what should be improved and what I am doing great.