The journal allows you to step outside the usual channels of class communication to reflect on ideas comfortably. It creates a personal space for you to pursue thoughts and connections, develop critical perspectives on your readings and lectures, make plans, and evaluate your goals concerning projects, courses, and the overall college experience.
This journal is assigned to encourage reflection.
Think about the ideas and information of the course and find what is relevant to you.
See how the teachings of the course may be applied to your experiences – such as how organizational theory explains what is going on in your part-time job or how information from your zoology class helps you identify animals in the fields beyond the edge of campus.
Criticize the divergent viewpoints presented in the course text or class
Content:
Consider the questions that have been posted for each chapter. You may address however many of the questions that make sense to you. You may also do that if you have other topics you would like to write about related to the chapter but not directly related to the questions posted.
You need to demonstrate a critical and thorough understanding of the materials in this chapter and how you can see the material’s application to your life.
There are no wrong answers for the journal. However, you must demonstrate a thorough analysis and application of the material in this chapter.
Format:
Use standard English – appropriate punctuation, spelling, grammar, etc. Be sure to proofread and spellcheck what you wrote. You can also visit the Writing Center for help before you submit your assignment.
One page of double-spaced text in 11-point Calibri font (the default font choice and size in Word) with 1-inch margins on all sides (these are the default margins in Word). No title page or reference page is needed. Upload a file that is a Word document or a pdf saved from a Word document. Please do not type your content directly into Blackboard in the textbox provided.
Citations:
Use APA in-text citations of the text. I posted a video explaining how to write APA-style in-text citations.
The text is the only source you should cite in your Journal. For this chapter, you should have three separate references to the text in your journal assignment.
This Journal needs to be over Chapter 4 Pages 76-96
Questions that need to be in the journal answered
-Identify the branch of the men’s movements with which you are most comfortable or explain why none of the men’s movements discussed in the text appeals to you. Discuss reasons and implications of your stance.
-Several of the men’s movements focused on the importance of male friendship and/or opportunities to mentor other men. Identify the movements that assert this as an important part of their group’s principles. How important do you think these relationships are? What are potential positive and negative consequences of focusing on these types of relationships? What level of importance do you assign to male friendship and mentor opportunities?
-Men’s rights groups argue that some contemporary practices and policies, such as child custody customs and laws, discriminate against men. Investigate some of the laws in place in your community and discuss whether you believe they are discriminatory. Justify your responses, indicating why/how you think the laws either do or do not discriminate against men, and if you believe the laws are discriminatory, offer suggestions for how you think the issues under consideration could be addressed in nondiscriminatory ways. Are there non-legal cultural expectations that you think are discriminatory or difficult for men?
