Dear students,

here are some clarifications for the Reflective Journal.

SUBMISSION:
Put your name and student number in your file-name.
Submit it only to Veriguide (NO NEED TO UPLOAD TO E-LEARNING SYSTEM!)
as Assignment 1
under your specific group (EA, EB, EC, ED).
You do NOT NEED to send me the receipt.
Deadline: 23:59 of Saturday, 30 May 2015 (late submission for a few minutes is not a
problem).
Very heavy mark deduction for late submission: 10% one day, 30% two days, 60% three
days, >60% afterwards.
WHAT and HOW to write:
NO PLAGIARISM:
In CUHK the consequences are very serious for the student's academic record.
In doubt, to play safe, always cite the sources of your information.
Content:
It is not a review of the texts, it is a reflective essay: it is necessary that you show your
reflections on the texts and the issues.
Choose a topic (see list below)
Introduce the issue,
analize it,
show your own reflections (What do you think about the issues? How do they relate to you?
Motivate or support your statements, etc...).
Wrap-up your main points in the conclusion.
Assessment
Higher level thinking (7 points)
Addressing the issue(s) (3 points)
Understand what is(are) the main point(s) of the topic and focus on that (those).
Motivate and explain all your non-trivial statements.
Usually it is enough to just add one explanatory sentence to your statement.
Further analysis and connections (3 points)
Analyze and compare points of views, including your own.
If relevant, show connections with your personal experience (academic or not).
If relevant, show meaningful connections between different fields or different problems.
Remarkably original and meaningful reflection (1 point)
Understanding of the text(s) (4 points)
You have to show that you have read and understood the three texts.
What you state about the content of the texts should be correct.
Higher accuracy in presenting the content is valued, within the limitations of the word
count.
No need to talk about everything (you cannot).
You can talk mainly about one text and mention something about the other two.
Language (1 point)

Keep it simple; check that you do not forget subject or verb in your sentences; check
grammar and spelling.
Format (1 point).
See below.
Format
Your name, the title and the reference list, do not count towards the word limit of ~800
words.
See format template on Blackboard Course Content Relfective Journal and
Term Paper.
Basically, do not forget to put your name at the beginning of the page,
the topic, and
at least one reference in the reference list (at least In Dialogue with Nature ;-) ).
The number of references does not matter for the evaluation.
Use any citation and reference style you like. You may use the example in the Template
(MLA style).

The three topics for the Reflective Journal:

1) Based on your reflection on the first four texts (Text 1 Text 4) we have read, what do you think
we have gained and what do you think we have lost in our approach to Nature (our dialogue with
Nature) in the transition from ancient to modern science?
2) Imagine that Plato, Aristotle, and Newton meet for an afternoon tea, one day. Imagine also that
you are one of them. It's up to you to decide whom to be. The other two (that is, not you) start a
heated debate.
What do you think would the core of their debate be? And how would you moderate the debate?
3) In what ways Nature and/or our knowledge of it have a fundamental importance for your life
(physical life, or spiritual/moral life, or professional life)?
(You must relate to at least three of the first four texts (Text 1 Text 4), though you may refer to
some specific parts of each text, not necessarily the whole text).