Handout 1

Focus on Learning Outcomes

These questions are simply designed to help with your thought process. Choose the questions that resonate with you and your experience.

1. Deepen self-awareness of one’s values, identities, and positionality

  • How have your personal values and identities evolved during your experience?
  • How does your positionality impact your perspectives and interactions with others?

2. Develop teamwork and collaboration skills

  • Can you describe specific examples of successful teamwork experiences?
  • How have you contributed to a collaborative environment during this project?

3. Understand the context of social systems

  • Provide examples of how social systems impact the issues you are passionate about.

4. Develop skills to advocate for systems change

  • What strategies have you learned for advocating and initiating change within social systems?
  • Can you share a personal experience where you applied advocacy skills to address a systemic issue?

5. Develop mindsets for respectful community engagement (sense of civic responsibility, cultural humility, strengths-based perspective)

  • How did you demonstrate a sense of civic responsibility?
  • Share an example of applying cultural humility and a strengths-based perspective in your interactions with diverse communities.

6. Understand the value of reflection and develop skills for reflective learning

  • How has the process of reflection enhanced your learning experience?
  • Can you discuss a specific instance where reflective learning influenced your approach to a challenge or project?