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100AEE:
Core Skills Lectures
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Reflective Writing &
Practice
Acknowledgement:This presentation was produced with the assistance and guidance from the Centre for
Academic Writing at Coventry University, including the permission to reproduce parts of a
reflective writing workshop presentation by Holly Vass.
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Aims
To raise students awareness of what
constitutes reflective writing and the
benefits of reflective practice.
To introduce students to the
requirements of a personaldevelopment plan and 100AEE
assignment.
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Scope
What is reflection?
Why reflect?
Reflective writingBasic tips
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What is meant by
reflection?[The] consideration of an experience, or of learning,
so as to enhance understanding or inform action.
[] It is thus part of what drives successful
professional activity, enabling it to progress, grow,respond to new ideas and introduce innovation.
(Fry, et al. 2009)
Turning experience into learning(Boud, et al. 1985)
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Why Reflect?
Effective learning is an active process.
Enables the evaluation of learning.
Highlights opportunities for improvement.
Encourages Deep rather than Surfacelearning.
Allows for a professional approach to
personal development. Reinforces and contextualises learning and
experiences.
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Reflection Allows You To:
Make connections between;
What you already know
What you are learning
Theory Practice
What you are doing
How and why you do it. How could you do it better.
Deep learning
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Reflection Allows You To:
Identify weaknesses and gaps in yourknowledge.
Construct questions you have to fill those
gaps. Understand what you have yet to learn.
Avoid repeating mistakes.
Identify successful processes to use again.
Become a reflective professional
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Gibbs(1988) Model
DescriptionWhat
happened?
Action planIf it arose again
what
would you do?
FeelingsWhat were you
thinking and
feeling?
ConclusionWhat else could
youhave done?
EvaluationWhat was good
andbad about the
experience?
AnalysisWhat sense canyou make of the
situation?
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Reflective Writing
Reflective writing is a type of assessment that goes
by many names:
Journal or diary entries
Portfolios (PDP)
Narratives
Reflections on practice or placements
Blogs Peer reviews
Self assessment
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Reflective Writing
These assignments ask you to evaluateand write your responses to anexperience.
You may need to describe the experience,but this is not the reflection.
Reflection is about making links betweenthe experience, yourselfand conceptsortheories.
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Differences
Reflective Writing Academic Writing
Personal Objective
You can use the first
person
You do not usually use
the first person
Give personal feelingsand views
Construct an argumentbased on analysis and
evidence
Bring in the subjective Maintain an objective
stance
Draw upon your ownexperience
Use information from avariety of sources
State your main insights
based on experience
Present a balanced
perspective
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Similarities
Reflective Writing Academic Writing
Personal Objective
Include a clear
introduction
Include a clear
introduction
Give your main insight Give a clear thesisstatement
Structure the main body
to demonstrate the
reflective process
Divide the main body into
sub-sections
Draw upon literature Draw upon literature
Include a clear
conclusion
Include a clear
conclusion
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Stages in Reflective
AnalysisGood reflective analysis can lead to good
reflective writing.
Reflective analysis can be organised intofour steps:
Identify aspect to reflect on
Start to reflect on the experience Analyse the experience
Reflect forward
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Step One: Identify Aspects to
Reflect On
Focus on an experience or event
Identify what was outstanding ormeaningful, negative or positive?
A critical incident Does not need to be a dramatic event
An incident which has significance for you.
Often an event which made you stop and think
One that raised questions for you.
An incident which had a significant impact on yourpersonal and professional learning.
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Critical Incidents May
Include: An aspect of your project or group work that went
particularly well
An aspect of your project or group work that
proved difficult A piece of work that you found particularly
demanding
A piece of work which increased your awareness,
or challenged your understanding. An incident involving conflict, hostility, aggression
or criticism
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Technical /academic
components Social /group components Individual/selfcomponents What worked and why? What problem-solving
techniques did your
team use?
What didnt work and
why?
What theories were
applied /tested/
evaluated?
What was your
evaluation of the overall
product or report?
How did the teamperform and why (group
dynamics)?
How did the team
handle -negotiating
tasks, conflict
resolution? Could it be
done better? How?
Did peer assisted
learning take place?
Why/why not?
What did I learn? How did I learn it?
What could I do more
effectively to support
my individual learning,
my team, my
colleagues learning?
How did I feel during
the project and why?
How did it affect my
behaviour?
Step Two: Start to Reflect on
the Experience or EventAsk yourself some questions about theexperience or event from different perspectives.
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Step Three: Analyse the
Experience or Event
Conduct an evaluation / critical analysis
Give meaning to your findings in step 2.
Could require further research to gain better
understanding.
How has your knowledge understanding been
changed.
Identify a changed conceptual perspective; a different way of looking at the situation than
before you started reflection on it
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Step Four: Reflect Forward
Plan what you would do if you were ever in asimilar situation
Identify what changes you would make if you
faced the situation again.
Identify any areas you need to learn about to
better deal with a similar situation.
You may be required to come up with an
action plan.
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Tips for effective
reflection Keep notes
Keep track of your thoughts, ideas, problems, andsolutions regularly
Dont just describe Reflection contains some description, but is mainly an
explorationand an explanationof events
Be Honest Good reflective writing involves revealing anxieties,
errorsandweaknesses, as well as strengthsandsuccesses.
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Tips for effective
reflection Be selective
Select the most significant parts of the experience orevent.
Including the whole story will result in a descriptionrather than interpretation.
Learn Reflective writing should apply learning to an
experience, and then experience to learning. It is useful to reflect forwardto the future as well as
reflecting back on the past
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Personal Development Planning (PDP):
Enhances and supports your experience as astudent.
By engaging in PDP you will be reviewing, buildingand reflecting on your personal and educational
development.
Encourages you to take a step back and reflect onwhat you have achieved in a structured way. It also
involves clearly identifying your goals and planning
the steps you need to take to accomplish them.
About PDP
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100AEE coursework
Each student on 100AEE is tasked with starting a Personal
Development Portfolio
DEADLINE MONDAY 11th MARCH 2013, 16:00
Portfolio must be created and submitted using the submission link in Moodle.This will be available from the week before the deadline (Monday 4th March).
Through the development process, students may have created their PDPs in
various formats (ePortfolio, Blog, simple word document) so each individual
will need to follow the relevant instructions for their format.
Students are also asked to be mindful of the professional developmentrequirements of their relevant accrediting body e.g., RAeS, IET, IMechE.
Links to the guidance documents or websites for these institutions are on
Moodle.
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Aim
To raise students awareness of what
constitutes reflective writing and the
benefits of reflective practice.
To introduce students to the
requirements of a personal
development plan and 100AEE
assignment.
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ANY QUESTIONS?
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Book:
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge,
Stephanie Marshall. ISBN: 978-0-415-43464-5 (available in library)
The Good Study Guide,Andrew Northedge. ISBN: 0 7492 5974 4 (available in
library)
eLearning resources:
Centre for Academic writing-
https://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.a
spx
Report writing-
http://www.coventry.ac.uk/swift/~csx067/rept_wrt/index.html
Further reading:
https://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttp://www.coventry.ac.uk/swift/~csx067/rept_wrt/index.htmlhttp://www.coventry.ac.uk/swift/~csx067/rept_wrt/index.htmlhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspx