Reflection essay 1,000 words
The purpose of the reflection assignment is to raise awareness of the issues of peace,
conflict and violence as they bear upon your life and society as a whole: to make the link
between personal learning and lived experience.
It should include two or more specific examples of your own lived experience outside the
classroom relating to the ideas we have met. With emphasis on reflections and analysis
(rather than a detailed description of a particular conflict or experience), the reflection will
enable you to show how you are relating the theories explored in the unit to your own
world, and vice versa.
You don’t need to use outside sources
Criteria for Assessment:
• Show you can explain theoretical approaches from the unit in your own words.
• NB no formal referencing is required for this assignment, but you should indicate
where the idea came from. For example: “This supports what Johan Galtung says
about cultural violence, in his chapter on the subject in the unit readings…”
• Clarity of explanation and expression.
