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This Reflective Assignment focuses on the learning that resulted from Module 4, Ways of Knowing: Perspectives on Educational Research and Practice. For this Assignment, you will reflect on the ways that your own personal and professional stance towards knowledge has affected your learning. Additionally, you will consider how your own stances towards ways of knowing affected your framing of the research question(s) you posed in this module. The Reflective Assignment also incorporates within it the requirement that you have successfully completed the tutorial, and reflected upon the tutorial discussion within your assignment. Return to top Learning Objectives As a result of completing this Reflective Assignment, you will be able to: Reflect on personal and professional transformation arising from the programme and recognise the skills and dispositions developed on the journey Identify areas for development and consolidation in a professional and research context Apply well-developed critical thinking skills to reading and writing Return to top Assignment Instructions In preparation for completing your Reflective Assignment, be sure to review the Reflective Assignment Feedback Sheet” provided under Required Resources on the Reflective Assignments tab. This task is designed to help you understand the nature of the learning from the module. As with the other reflective tasks, this involves looking back at your experience on the module, seeking to make sense of that experience, and drawing out lessons for the future. You are welcome to make wider reference to your learning on the programme as a whole. Be sure to address the following questions in this Assignment: How has your own stance towards knowledge affected your learning on the module or on the programme more widely? Are there any ways in which your stance towards knowledge has shifted over the course of the module or programme? What implications emerge from this analysis for your future learning on the programme, or for your own ongoing professional practice? Your account must include assumptions you personally made that underlie your statement and re-framing of the research question(s) you posed during your work for this module. As with other Reflective Assignments, you are encouraged to discuss possible points of learning on the Global Café discussion forum. The assignment itself, though, should incorporate your own personal stance to any points discussed with your fellow students. The Reflective Assignment also incorporates within it the requirement that you have successfully completed the tutorial, and reflected upon the tutorial discussion within your assignment. Additional Requirements Please include specific text within this assignment that reflects (briefly but explicitly) upon the insights gained from within the tutorial that are relevant to the focus of the assignment. Please also include specific text within this assignment that reflects (briefly but explicitly)upon the insights gained from within the two masterclasses that are relevant to the focus of the assignment.