Critical Thinking Reflection

This collegiate seminar class has been an eye-opening experience for me. Not only did this class challenge me to look deeper at the texts, but it also challenged me to consider societal injustices that were present in the time periods of the 17th-19th centuries, that can still be seen in today’s society. Throughout this semester I realized through my development of critical thinking, shared inquiry and written/oral communication, that I had become a stronger student, not only in how I interacted with my classmates, but also in how I was able to broaden my knowledge and expand my world view to include the certain societal injustices that were presented throughout the readings. In reference to critical thinking, I think I have both gotten better

I am trying to do better though by paying close attention to my peers like Makenna, Abby, and Heather, who always seem to tackle this learning outcome really well by referencing certain aspects about the authors past life that could open doors of understanding to what they wrote about. For example, I remember when we were discussing A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Makenna brought into discussion the fact that it was written in 1792, and the previous text we read, The Social Contract was written in 1762, and that the author of the preceding text also wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Man, which helped to show the class that possibly over that time of 30 years up until 1792, the way women were viewed in society has improved from how they were viewed in 1762. I am going to try and take my peers techniques on achieving this learning outcome into my next seminar class, in hopes to improve on how to effectively ask meaningful questions, but also how to efficiently critique and find possible implications in the authors