Definition: Directed toward the past; looking backward; contemplating the past; reflecting on, thinking about the past; considering, assessing the past (Source: Dictionary.com).
Rationale: Having completed Introspection, parents will then be ready to consider the focus of the lesson through Retrospection. Each will relate directly to an identified value, behavior, belief or principle. A list of fifteen quotes by others (famous, anonymous, familiar, or unknown) will be provided for review and consideration. Parents will participate in specific activities that involve them in considering the quotations, thoughts of others about the specific topic that they considered personally, during their introspection activity. Hence, after considering their particular thoughts and ideas, they will consider the thoughts and ideas of others using the specific activities. Reference and reflection will provide an historical perspective, allowing parents to understand meanings from the past that will be useful in preparing related HomeWork assignments and activities for their children. The value and significance generated through the retrospective process, potentially, will increase the motivation of parents and the effectiveness of delivery.
The Sankofa, the Ghanaian symbol for “reaching back, looking back, to seek.” According to a Ghanaian Proverb, “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.” This symbol will be used and understood by parents during their training for its reference to the past, and to related thoughts expressed by others through selected quotations. Subsequently, the Sankofa will become the symbol that parents will use with their children when presenting the Retrospection (past) perspectives to them in HomeWork.
The Sankofa, the Ghanaian symbol for “reaching back, looking back, to seek.” According to a Ghanaian Proverb, “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.” This symbol will be used and understood by parents during their training for its reference to the past, and to related thoughts expressed by others through selected quotations. Subsequently, the Sankofa will become the symbol that parents will use with their children when presenting the Retrospection (past) perspectives to them in HomeWork.