What constitutes good reflective writing?
Blogs, or learning journals, diaries, sticky notes have for a long time been used as vessels for recording our thoughts. The process of writing encourages deeper thought into the particular episode you are recalling. This deeper thought should lead to greater understanding and allow the learner an insight into the why instead of the what. This is not a new method, but it is currently experiencing a rebirth, being utilised by many learning institutions and teachers.
Reflective writing, in a ‘learning from experience’ sense, is a skill that can be developed in order to enhance your understanding of that learning experience. By writing and analysing our thoughts we can better understand our choices, pinpoint our failures, and recall our successes. Reflective writing can be used in many ways, for example to analyse the processes applied in order to complete a task; the choices and residual effects of partaking in an event or activity; it can be used to generate ideas from past experiences and then assess their relative success; or we can use it in describing a process used and simply record it for anecdotal or academic means. The results of this? [...read more]
Reflective writing, in a ‘learning from experience’ sense, is a skill that can be developed in order to enhance your understanding of that learning experience. By writing and analysing our thoughts we can better understand our choices, pinpoint our failures, and recall our successes. Reflective writing can be used in many ways, for example to analyse the processes applied in order to complete a task; the choices and residual effects of partaking in an event or activity; it can be used to generate ideas from past experiences and then assess their relative success; or we can use it in describing a process used and simply record it for anecdotal or academic means. The results of this? [...read more]