4. Learning Analysis

Final Assignment–Learning Analysis (based on an assignment developed by Dr. Katie King)

This assignment is a synthesis of the course, and will require you to carefully look through the syllabus, website, notes from class, free-writes, written work, and readings in order to come up with an explanation/summary/”story” of the course, and your place in it. At its most basic level, this assignment should show me what you have learned this semester.

It should be as personal and detailed as possible, and you are free to be creative! If you want to write it in a creative format, such as a long poem/piece of fiction, rather than a more formal essay format, go for it! Just make sure that you include the three elements below, and have fun!

1) Story of the Course: look at the syllabus, the class website, notes from class, your free-writes, class texts, and explore what you see as the overview of the course. Together, what was the course about? What does this course tell us about women, art and culture? How was it organized? What sort of learning occurred? How was it set up in terms of discussion/class time? How did the projects build on each other, and related to the readings? Looking back over the semester, how does it all come together? If you were talking to someone else about the class, what would you tell them it was about?

(2)  Now, put yourself into this story.  What was the class like for you? What was your part in the story of the course?  What did you learn about yourself, the class, women, feminism and art? Your free-writes and reading responses will be particularly useful for you to help you see what you were thinking at various points in the semester. How did your thinking change over time? What was your role in the classroom? How did you respond and interact with others? In other words, what was the journey over the semester like for you?

(3)  Discuss 3 (or more) readings from the course that especially connects you into the story of the class. At least one of these needs to be one that you have not already discussed in a reading response.  Choose readings which meant a lot to you.  How did these readings connect to the overall class?  Why were they meaningful to you?  How did they change your thinking about the class?  Feel free to connect the readings to your own life and other readings, or courses that you are taking.

ENJOY!