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PURPOSE. Reflective journals are an opportunity to demonstrate your skills of critical reflection, reflective practice and reflexivity. In writing a reflective journal you have the opportunity to contribute new ideas and thinking to the subject matter and its relation to practice.
Here are extracts from a sample reflective journal written by ‘Chrissy’ for a first year nursing course. Read the example paying attention to the structure and language used.
4 lip 2019 · Informed by Gibb's reflective cycle (1988) (i.e. description, feelings, evaluation, conclusion and action) and social construction-ism, the researcher developed a reflective journal to help...
1. REFLECTION: when you ask questions about something you would like to better understand, e.g. a problem to solve or an issue to consider. 2. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: when you reflect on the relationship between practice in your area of study and the theories you are being introduced to. 3.
Learning Journals: A Handbook for Reflective Practice and Professional Development, Moon (2006) places emphasis on the role of reflection in learning by identifying some purposes for learning journals, which include “to record experience” (p. 44), “to facilitate learning from
Writing a Reflective Journal. Why is critical reflection important for learning? Reflection is essential to help us develop our understanding about ourselves, our learning experiences, our responses to what we're learning, and to develop and continue as effective practitioners throughout our professional life.
Reflective learning journal is useful in cultivating lifelong learners if implemented successfully. However, as a novel idea, the relevance and value of keeping a reflective learning journal are not readily perceivable to many students such that the time and effort it requires can be justified.
