Cultural Geography Learning

Cultural Geography Learning
In a Microsoft Word document, write a 400-500 word self-reflective “learning essay” in which you summarize and evaluate what you have learned about the cultural geography of the place (i.e., country) that you have studied over the course of this semester for the first three assignments. The format of this learning essay should be based on that used for an “I-Search” paper. Therefore, it should have the following three sections, each of which addresses the topics mentioned below:
1. The Search Story (i.e., “What I already knew, what I wanted to learn, and how I went about learning it”)
o Engage reader’s attention and interest; explain why learning more about this topic/place was personally important for you—i.e., why was this one of the places that you chose to study for this course?
o Explain what you already knew about the topic/place before you even started researching.
o Let readers know what you wanted/hoped to learn about the cultural geography of this place and why.
o Retrace your research steps by describing the search terms and sources you used. In our case, this means retracing the highlights of what you did for each of the first three assignments. Discuss things that went well and things that were challenging.
2. Search Results (i.e., “What I learned”)
o Summarize at least 3 examples of the things that you learned about the cultural geography of this place that either addressed one of the topics you wanted/hoped to learn or that you simply found most interesting or important to share with others.
o Give support for each of these examples by citing at least one piece of information regarding it that you included in one of the previous assignments (e.g., a fact, figure, picture, graph, etc.). Note: Feel free to also cite information that you might have learned from our textbook or other course materials.
o Properly cite all information from sources.
3. Search Reflections (i.e., “How this learning is significant to me, why I think it might be significant to others, and what I would still like to learn about it”)
o Discuss how/why what you learned from your research experience is significant to you, personally, and why you think it might be important for others to know.
o Evaluate how the information you have gathered for these assignments has changed your original perceptions of the cultural geography of this place.
o Briefly discuss what you would still like to learn about this topic/place.CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THIS TOPIC