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Reflective Writing

• Reflective writing is a critical analysis of an experience, recording


how it impacted you and what you plan to do with your new
knowledge. It can help you reflect on a deeper level as the act of
getting something down on paper often helps people think an
experience through.

• The key to reflective writing is to be analytical rather than descriptive.


Always ask why rather than just describing what happened during an
experience.
Reflective writing is:

• written in the first person


• analytical
• free flowing
• subjective
• a tool to challenge assumptions
Phase Two: Feelings

What were you thinking and feeling?

What were your reactions and emotional


responses at the time?
Phase three : Evaluate

What was good and bad about the experience?

Evaluate the outcomes of the activities, your part


in them, what you learned, and the
process/methods you used in your learning,
among other things.
Phase four : Analysis

Compare what you did and the conclusion you


came to with what they did.

What sense can you make of the situation? Bring in


ideas from outside the experience to help you. What
was really going on?
Phase Five: Conclusion (specific)

What can be concluded about your own specific, unique,


personal situation or ways of working?
Phase Six : Action Plan

What are you going to do differently in this type of situation


next time? What steps are you going to take on the basis of
what you have learnt?
Other reflective terminology
A common mistake people make when writing reflectively is to focus
too much on describing their experience. Use the phrases below to
help you avoid this problem.
The most important thing Later I realised...
was... This was because...
At the time I felt... This was like...
This was likely due to... I wonder what would happen
After thinking about it... if...
I learned that... I'm still unsure about...
I need to know more about... My next steps will be to...

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