Tour Observations Logs

Observation logs are similar to Learning Logs a way to keep record and reflect on your
observations or an experience through reflective writing. They are a very effective tool to
enhance your learning and thinking about the experience in relation to what you are
studying. Observation logs require you to spend some time throughout each experience
(in our case tour) to think about and write down your thoughts about specific
observations that you made.
Purpose:

to record experience and help you learn

from an experience,
to support understanding and allow you
to show your understanding,
to develop critical thinking or the
development of a questioning attitude,
to increase your ability to reflect and be
aware of your learning
to enhance your problem-solving skills,

as a means of assessing what you have

learned,
to improve your writing, and to foster
communication
to foster reflective and creative
interaction in your group,
to support planning and progress in
research or a project,
as a means of communication between
you and another student or the teacher

Instructions:
You will write an observation log for two experiential tour that you attend in the
program. The requirements for the observation log are as follows:

Choose a minimum of three (3) questions from the list of reflective questions for
the tours.
Answer the questions in paragraph format there is no specific length
requirement as this will depend on how much detail you need to effectively answer
the question (which will likely be a minimum of one typed page or 250 words)
Your reflection should include your thinking about the institution/company you
observed, their practices and how they connect with the theories and concepts
you learned, and your own related thinking and ideas
Be critical and reflective in your answers dont simply summarize what you saw
talk about your own ideas, questions, life connections with the experience

Format
You can write your Observation Log in various different formats, depending on your
own preferences:

Paragraph-style paper
Journal or diary entry
Short question and answer
Due Dates and Submission
You must submit your reflections online and they should be typed and doublespaced to make it easier to read.
Online:
the due date to

Please submit your reflection, in a Microsoft word document, by

j2mugon@gmail.com

Due Dates:
2015 at 9.00am.

Week 3 Observation Logs are due Monday July 27th

Assessment

Your tour Observation logs will be assessed, using this rubric. Since the purpose of
the logs is to help you track and reflect on your experience, the assessment will
focus on how well you show your understanding and thinking about the tours you
attend in the program and connect them to the academic learning.

Per
cent
age
Gra
de

Achie
veme
nt
Level

Summary Description

80100%

Level 4

You make exceptionally thoughtful connections between the tour

and academic concepts, and highly critical and reflective thinking
skills. Your writing is very clear and effective.

7079%

Level 3

You make good connections between the tour and academic

concepts, and sound critical and reflective thinking skills. Your
writing is clear and effective.

6069%

Level 2

You make some connections between the tour and academic

concepts, and demonstrate some critical and reflective thinking
skills. Your writing is mostly clear and effective.

50-

Level 1

You make very few connections between the tour and academic
concepts, and demonstrate limited critical and reflective thinking

59%

below
50%

skills. Your writing is at times clear and effective.

Level R

Your connections between the tour and academic concepts, and

critical and reflective thinking skills, are not yet competent. Your
writing is unclear.

Week 3 Tour Questions:

Please choose three (3) questions to answer in your reflection:

What key information did you learn about the company/institution? Did anything
surprise you?
How did what you saw in the tour compare to what you thought about this
company/institution prior to the tour? Did you see anything you did not expect?
What new skills/ideas/knowledge did you learn that you would apply in your future
choices/career/studies/hobbies?
What did you observe during that tour that reinforced or contradict what you
learned during your workshops?
What examples of the principles/theories or practices of entrepreneurship could
you find in this tour?
What is an entrepreneurial weakness/challenge that you see in this
company/institution? What suggestions could you make for improvement?
Other:
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________
(please ask for permission before choosing an alternate question)

 Log Rubric
_____________________________

Level R
Skills
(below 10
Criteria
points)

Student: _____________________________

Level 1
(10 to 12
points)

Level 2
(12.5 to
14 points)

Level 3
(14.5 to
16 points)

Level 4
(16.5 to
20 points)

A fair
amount of
your
reflection
answers are
relevant
with fair
understandi
ng of
concepts/th
eories from
the
workshop

Your
reflection
answers are
mostly
relevant and
demonstrat
e some
understandi
ng of the
key
concepts/th
eories from
the
workshop

Your
reflection
answers are
relevant
and
demonstrat
e good
understandi
ng of the
key
concepts/th
eories from
the
workshop

Your
reflection
answers are
highly
relevant and
demonstrat
e thorough
understandi
ng of key
concepts/th
eories from
the
workshop

Your
reflection
contains
most
description
with very
limited
analysis and
very few
connections
between the
content and
personal or
entrepreneu
rial practice

Your
reflection
contains
some
critical
analysis of
concepts/th
eories and a
few
connections
between the
content and
personal or
entrepreneu
rial practice

Your
reflection
contains
good critical
analysis of
concepts/th
eories and
sound
connections
between the
content and
personal or
entrepreneu
rial practice

Your
reflection
moves
beyond
description
to a critical
analysis of
concepts/th
eories and
thoughtful
connections
to personal
or
entrepreneu
rial practice

Day:

Po

Knowledge and Understanding

The
relevance of
your answer
to the
learning in the
workshop
Your
understandi
ng of
concepts/theo
ries discussed
in the
workshop

Your
reflection
answers are
not
relevant
and
demonstrat
e little or no
understandi
ng of the
key
concepts/th
eories from
the
workshop

Inquiry and Thinking

The
thoughtfulnes
s of your
connections
between
theories and
practice
How critical
and reflective
your analysis
of the
tour/organizat
ion is

Your
reflection
contains
only
description
with no
analysis and
very no
connections
between the
content and
personal or
entrepreneu
rial practice

Communication

 The clarity of
your writing
and its impact
on the
expression of
your ideas
The accuracy
of your writing
and its impact
on the clarity

Your writing
is unclear
and
confusing
throughout.
Concepts
are either
not
discussed or
are
presented
inaccurately.

There are
frequent
major
lapses in
clarity and
accuracy in
your writing
that
significantly
effect your
expression
of ideas.

There are
frequent
minor
lapses in
clarity and
accuracy in
your writing
that
somewhat
effect your
expression
of ideas.

There are
minor,
infrequent
lapses in
clarity and
accuracy
that have
no or very
limited
effect on
your
expression
of ideas.

Your writing
is clear and
expressive.
The reader
can easily
understand
and
envision
your ideas
being
described.

Total

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