A basic claim in this course has been there are some crucial experiences that happen outside the walls of an academic institution. In this reflective paper, I want you to describe three of these:
a. Pick some aspect of an environmental problem (hopefully similar to the one you used for Assignment 1 that you would be able to learn about best from direct experience. For example, what are the observations or connections that you could make by seeing the problem first-hand?
b. Describe how you would plan such an experience. What would you need to know before you went? What would you do on site? How would you effectively reflect on your experiences. How would you report or describe these experiences to other people?
c. Make a short list of pros and cons for using direct experience vs. reading about the problem.
d. Recommend how a combination of experiences and traditional classroom work can be used more effectively together. This should be practical.