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Reflective Log and Critical Reflection

This module is designed to develop critical reflective practice underpinned by


your course’s knowledge, skills and attitudes and act as a focus for your
continuous professional development. You can also evaluate how academic
study interacts with and influences the workplace.

What is a Reflective log?


Your reflective log should provide a record of your observations and
reflections, not just facts and events and will be in the form of a written
journal.

Work targets set and then achieved should be recorded, as well as your
reflections on what you are doing, identifying personal growth and areas for
improvement. The best time to note learning is at the time it occurs before it
becomes overlaid by the next stage or level of learning and forgotten. The
Reflective Log is useful in providing markers to feelings, levels of confidence
and ability, degree of apprehension, improvement and so on.

Reflective Log entries can cover any or all of the following topics:

 The work done this week


 The personal or social skills needed
 The technical skills needed
 New knowledge or skills needed / acquired/ training undertaken
 Application of learning from the university to your work
 Any problems you meet and the steps you took to solve them, including
help sought
 Reflections on your organisation, its goals, and the professional manner
in which your colleagues approach their job.
 You can, of course, include any other comments that seem relevant to
you at the time.

It should ideally be kept on a weekly basis.

Reflective Questions

•What was I aiming for when I did that?

•Why did I choose that particular action? What alternatives were there?

•What knowledge/values/skills were demonstrated?


•What theories/models/research informed my practice?

•What criteria am I using to judge success?

•Could I have dealt with the situation any better?

•How would I do it differently next time?

•What do I feel about the whole experience?

•What sense can I make of this in the light of my past experience?

•Has this changed the way in which I will do things in the future?

Please note:

It is important that you abide by any requirements your employer makes in


terms of what can be discussed in your Reflective Log and Report.

Reflective Log Resources:

Below are some resources about keeping reflective logs and reflective writing:

STAR(L) framework File

A short guide to reflective writing (UoB) File (Talks about Gibbs method)

Examples of reflective writing File

Reflective thinking & writing (Napier) File

Reflective writing (PU) File

Critical Thinking Reflect (Napier Libary) URL

https://www.napierstudents.com/volunteering/whyvolunteer/record/reflect/ (
Talks about Gibbs method)

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