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What is Reflective Writing?
Reflection is an ongoing process of thinking about your development in relation to your work.
Reflective writing is both a record (description) and a review (analysis and evaluation) of your work.
Reflective practice is a "sorting out/clarifying process" (Moon 2004) giving you new perspectives on yourself and your work.
On your course, you may be asked to produce a learning journal/log and a reflective statement. You will need to make a summary of the journal in order to complete the final reflective statement.
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Your Reflective Writing should include the following: a description of events, experiences and processes an indication of your feelings about these events both positive and negative experiences self-questioning about these experiences analysis of your work and evaluation of your progress suggestions for future practice an honest appraisal of your experience links to your coursework and theories extensive use of the first person (I) in your writing
Moon, J (2004) A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning. London: Routledge Falmer
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Why is it Important?
Reflective practice allows you to stand back and assess your work in a more detached light.
Examining both your positive and negative experiences can help you understand why you tend to approach things in certain ways and avoid others.
Solving problems can become easier if you regularly reflect upon your practice.
Reflective writing allows your tutors to see how you have developed your practice and ideas.
Reflection is an essential skill for your future working life.
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Topics for Reflection
A piece of reflective writing can be about anything you have done on your course. For example, you may wish to write about: the process of research the process of a design you've been working on how you developed a new skill your work experience what you've learnt from a particular essay, theorist, lecture, designer, artist or
Reflection is an ongoing process of thinking about your development in relation to your work.
Reflective writing is both a record (description) and a review (analysis and evaluation) of your work.
Reflective practice is a "sorting out/clarifying process" (Moon 2004) giving you new perspectives on yourself and your work.
On your course, you may be asked to produce a learning journal/log and a reflective statement. You will need to make a summary of the journal in order to complete the final reflective statement.
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Your Reflective Writing should include the following: a description of events, experiences and processes an indication of your feelings about these events both positive and negative experiences self-questioning about these experiences analysis of your work and evaluation of your progress suggestions for future practice an honest appraisal of your experience links to your coursework and theories extensive use of the first person (I) in your writing
Moon, J (2004) A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning. London: Routledge Falmer
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Why is it Important?
Reflective practice allows you to stand back and assess your work in a more detached light.
Examining both your positive and negative experiences can help you understand why you tend to approach things in certain ways and avoid others.
Solving problems can become easier if you regularly reflect upon your practice.
Reflective writing allows your tutors to see how you have developed your practice and ideas.
Reflection is an essential skill for your future working life.
Back to top
Topics for Reflection
A piece of reflective writing can be about anything you have done on your course. For example, you may wish to write about: the process of research the process of a design you've been working on how you developed a new skill your work experience what you've learnt from a particular essay, theorist, lecture, designer, artist or