Criminal Justice The final phase 

The final phase of the project was completed individually. Students were asked to write a short page paper that summarized four items: 1) what they viewed and what they looked for; 2) the themes their group found in the portrayal of their assigned player across their assigned genre; 3) the ways their individual examples illustrated and differed from group themes; and 4) a reflection on what they learned about criminal justice from the project.

Included next is a justification for the project based on a brief review of literature and on personal pedagogical goals. This is followed by specific details about some of the more important steps in the project, examples of three of the group projects, student assessments of the project, what students learned, and personal reflections about and analysis of the project.

PROJECT JUSTIFICATION

In crafting this project prior to the start of the semester, I envisioned several pedagogical and practical purposes that it might serve. These included a need for students to be actively involved in the educational process, the importance of being responsive to student needs