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SEM1 Definition and toolkit for reflection-W5

  1. Reflection or critical reflection is defined as:

the conscious examination of past experiences, thoughts, and ways of doing things.  Its goal is to surface learning about oneself and the situation, and to bring meaning to it in order to inform the present and the future.  It challenges the status quo of practice, thoughts, and assumptions and may therefore inform our decisions, actions, attitudes, beliefs, and understanding about ourselves.

Reflection can be used for many things including:

  • Allowing us to improve our own practice to gain better outcomes in the future
  • Increasing/improving our performance and skills
  • Increasing our awareness of our abilities and attributes and our evidence for these
  • Developing and expanding our employability
  • Evaluating the quality and success of our action plans
  • Applying theoretical knowledge/frameworks to real experiences and using this to expand our understanding of the underlying theory.

2. Further reading—A list of literature on reflection, sorted into topics: https://www.ed.ac.uk/reflection/literature/bibliography

3. Further learn Facilitators’ Toolkit: https://www.ed.ac.uk/reflection/facilitators-toolkit

4. I found there are interesting practices-Reflecting for self-awareness, I want to do during the winter holiday:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/reflection/reflectors-toolkit/self-awareness/strengths-weaknesses

https://www.ed.ac.uk/reflection/reflectors-toolkit/self-awareness/writing-letters

5. This website is very useful: https://www.ed.ac.uk/reflection/reflectors-toolkit

I will try to use each of the tools and analysis the same and different of each tools, then choose one suitable for me most.

1 replies to “SEM1 Definition and toolkit for reflection-W5”

  1. Lucy says:

    I’d love to see you reflect on this – what do these sources do to challenge your view on reflection? what might you do differently? Or continue doing with more conviction?

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