Guidance, Counselling and Career Development Guide: Reflective Writing
Benefits of reflective writing
Engaging in reflective writing will develop your understanding in many ways, including helping you to:
- Become a critical thinker
- Identify weaknesses in your understanding
- Gain a deeper understanding of course content
- Become an independent learner and problem-solver.
Reflective writing - a very brief guide
Getting started with reflective writing
Reflective writing in practice articles
Reflective thinking
The figure below shows that the reflective thinking process starts with you. Before you can begin to assess the words and ideas of others, you need to pause and identify and examine your own thoughts. This involves revisiting your prior experience and knowledge of the topic you are exploring. It also involves considering how and why you think the way you do. The examination of your beliefs, values, attitudes and assumptions forms the foundation of your understanding.
Source: Reflective Writing. The Learning Centre - UNSW
Useful texts @JCU Library
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Developing reflective practice in the early years
by Call Number: eBookReflective practice is a vital aspect of working with young children and enables a deeper understanding of their learning and development. -
Handbook of reflection and reflective inquiry: Mapping a way of knowing for professional reflective inquiry
by Call Number: eBookThis book presents reflective thought in its most vital aspects, not as a fanciful or nostalgic exercise, but as a powerful means of seeing familiar events anew, encouraging critical thinking and crucial insight, teaching and learning. -
Professional experience and the investigative imagination: The art of reflective writing
by Call Number: eBookThis book explains and demonstrates how creative writing can be used successfully in the context of professional education where traditionally a more distanced approach to reporting on professional experience has been favoured.
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