TNCT: REFLECTION PAPER

Narag, Kristine Jamella Maris B.

12 HUMSS 13

TNCT Reflection

Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century is the course that provides opportunities for students to discover patterns and extract meanings from emerging trends. According to Department of Education, TNCT is aids in developing learners to have critical and creative thinking skills which is a essential tools for decision making and understanding ethics of care. Having this kind of course on our second semester with our beloved teacher Mr. Roel Robles was not easy because of the contradicting schedules. Being pioneer on this kind of course was quite challenging, to be honest I groped on every terms used and activities that we made but now I can say I succeed. I learned so much in this course that  became an eyeopener for me on global issues and trend we are facing today and faced before. From all the content of this course, there’s two of it that I was pleasured to learn more about. First is the Global Networks, where I learned that it is basically avenues for communication which pave the way for the creation of new forms of social interaction and organization. Global Network doesn’t end on here because it has four ( 4 ) impacts, first is the economic globalization which refers primarily to international business; second is the socio-cultural globalization which increase social relations and it covers the diffusion of beliefs, practices, and issues; third is the political globalization wherein it involves national borders to facilitate international agreements and transactions; last but not the least is the Natural Environment Globalization which concerns the environment where the interaction of living species takes place. In here, I started to understands the components, operations, effects, and networks of globalization in my daily life. Second thing that I was pleasured about to learn was the Planetary Network that shows the issue on climate change which is one concrete manifestation and realization that the age of globalization and the rapid industrial and technological advancement has taken its toll on the natural environment. It was here where I analyzed how production and consumption habits contribute to the problem of climate change and I understand the consequences of personal and local action to global and planetary climate change.

As I reflect upon on my strengths and weaknesses as related to this course, I think that the old saying about how my "greatest weakness became my greatest strength" applies here. One of the problems I first encountered in this class was not being able to get an immediate answer when I was having difficulty with something. This problem, however, turned around as I gradually learned to dig deeper and investigate further for my own answers. This is where my critical thinking skills came in handy.  In closing, I would like to add that I have really enjoyed the experience of this class. It has been good for me to learn first-hand what this course is all about.

Thank you for your help and patience.