Psychology and Technology: Form1 ‘Reflection on electives Y1Q2’
In order to assess the professional skill ‘Reflection’ you have to fill in the course evaluations following the final exam of your courses and to fill in two reflection forms. For the reflection in this quartile, the following questions have to be answered. The questions help you to decide which specialization and which electives you may choose.
Make sure that you give an answer to each question and write your answer into the boxes. It is obligatory to fill in the form (rename the file and inlcude your name and id-nr) and submit it by email to your coach (and with a cc to ). The deadline is the date of the meeting with your coach (somewhere between September 30 and October 19) and the latest at October 19. Discuss your answers with your coach. In case you have questions, please send an email to .
0. Name and student id
Don’t forget to rename this file and include your name and id-nr.
1. Decision making
The decision for a study is not one you take easily. To take such a decision you have talked with friends and family, participated in information activities and were guided at high school. What were the three most important reasons to study Psychology and Technology?
2. Orientation
One important function of the first year is orientation: students experience the entire scope of their study and are able to evaluate their study choice. This also gives the opportunity to evaluate whether you like the study and whether the study can be used to achieve your goals.
a) What is/are your goal(s) you want to achieve with this study?
b) What are you going to do yourself to achieve these goals?
c) How can your study support you with this?
d) So far, is the study according to your expectations?
3. How do you choose your specialization and electives?
In the first year of the study you have to choose two electives and a specialization. Your decision is partly based on what you want to achieve with the study.
a) Which specialization attracts you? Why?
b) What kind of an engineer do you want to become?
4. Elective Q2
In Q2 a number of electives are offered. You can find them by using the plan app on the website of the Bachelor College https://planapp.tue.nl/ or at the coaching website for Psychology and Technology https://educationguide.tue.nl/programs/bachelor-college/majors/psychology-technology/coaching/2016-2017/
a) Which electives are attractive? Choose three of them.
b) Motivate your choice. Is it related to the kind of engineer you want to become? (see question 3)
5. Elective Q4
In Q4 a number of electives are offered. You can find them by using the plan app on the website of the Bachelor College https://planapp.tue.nl/ or at the coaching website for Psychology and Technology https://educationguide.tue.nl/programs/bachelor-college/majors/psychology-technology/coaching/2016-2017/
a) Which electives are attractive? Choose three of them.
b) Motivate your choice. Is it related to the kind of engineer you want to become? (see question 3)
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