The grassroots and New Urbanism: a case from a Southern California Latino community.
The grassroots and New Urbanism: a case from a Southern California Latino community
Upload your reading reflections to Blackboard by 11:00 am the Monday we discuss them in class. Late reflections will not be accepted under any conditions. If you’ve written one and it’s late, then at least you have exam notes. Each reflection should be about 2 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, with 1-inch margins and APA citation format. Points will be deducted for not using this format. Reading reflections are not reading summaries, streams of consciousness, lists of questions, bulleted lists, etc. They are papers in which you reflect on what you’ve read. A reflection’s thesis statement (which should be at the start of the paper) should give your response to the reading. A good reflection has: 1. A precisely worded summary of the text’s arguments (1-2 sentences will do) 2. Your personal reflection thesis statement in the first paragraph. Without a thesis statement, the reflection that follows will just be a lot of disconnected thoughts. Thesis statements are our signposts that give us the necessary discipline to write a cohesive piece and we are lost without them. 3. Engagement with some of the following ideas: a. Does the reading challenge your thinking in any way? Does it provide information that changes the way you think about planning? Be specific. b. Does the reading raise any important questions for you about planning practice or history? Be specific. c. Is there something that you want to criticize or disagree with? Does anything make you uncomfortable or contradict your ideas about planning? Again, be specific.
The grassroots and New Urbanism: a case from a Southern California Latino community