The reading and video for this reflection are on the
Schrag reading and The Failure and Success of Great American Transit video. The Schrag reading will be on a
file and The Failure and Success of Great American Transit video will be linked here. The Failure and Success
of Great American Transit video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACTp-ebzhP4 The Schrag reading and
The Failure and Success of Great American Transit video are the only sources you need for the paper. The
only part you need to watch for the video is from 33:00 onwards. If you have any questions please message
me. Thanks
Also, the teacher says that the paper needs to follow these 4 points
- Make sure to reflect deeply and analytically. Merely saying that something “surprised” you or that you didn’t
know this information before reading may be a starting point for reflection but it does not, on its own, qualify as
the type of reflection we are looking for. Aim to craft new insight from your engagement with the reading by:
connecting the reading to your own personal experience in meaningful ways; posing innovative and highstakes questions about contemporary policy and planning challenges directly related to the material; and/or
drawing interesting and important connections between the readings and other course materials. - Summary is a starting point, not the aim of the paper. Synthesizing core concepts from the reading is an
essential building block for reflection, but it is not the aim of the paper. For many of you, summary constituted
80% of your paper and reflection only 20%. The ratio should be more like the reverse. - Put the materials in conversation with one another. Our intention was not for you to write two different papers
and then stick them together with a common concluding paragraph. Before you start writing, think carefully
about concepts, mechanisms, actors, and insights that link the two pieces. A helpful thought exercise might be:
how would the authors of the two pieces converse if they were in the same room? What would they agree or
disagree on, or how would they build on each other’s arguments?
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