{"id":692,"date":"2020-08-25T15:19:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T22:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/eportfolios\/?page_id=692"},"modified":"2024-09-05T10:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:05:48","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/eportfolios\/foundations\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reflection may seem intuitive; however, a deliberate thought process\u00a0\u200b(Dye, 2011; Moon, 2004; Tracey & Hutchinson, 2018)\u200b<\/span>\u00a0greatly increases the insights found through reflection.\u00a0 Consider the pedestrian answer \u201cfine\u201d to the classic question \u201chow was your day?\u201d\u00a0 Reworking the question to \u201cwhat was the best part of your day and why?\u201d or \u201cwhat would you do-over today and why?\u201d elicits a much richer and informative response.\u00a0 The same is true for the reflective process.<\/p>\n

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There are many different ways to reflect because there are many different reasons why reflection is needed.\u00a0 For example, you may want to account for what you have learned\u00a0\u200b(McAlpine & Weston, 2000)\u200b<\/span>, or you may want to explore and generate future action based on what you already know\u00a0\u200b(Tracey & Hutchinson, 2018)\u200b<\/span>, or you may want to evaluate or analyze what you have learned\u00a0\u200b(Syed et al., 2012)\u200b<\/span>. Take a look at the diagram below.\u00a0 Each circle represents one of the above reasons for reflection.\u00a0 Where the circles overlap, you will notice that the color gets darker.\u00a0 This is to represent how the customization of different reflective prompts can lead to deeper and more profuse responses\u00a0\u200b(Kirkman & Brownhill, 2020)\u200b<\/span>.\u00a0 There is no one correct way to reflect\u00a0\u200b(Boesch et al., 2015; Dye, 2011)\u200b<\/span>; however, the more you personalize your reflective process, the more value and meaning you will be able to distill into your ePortfolio.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. Reasons for reflection<\/p>\n

Where do I begin?<\/h4>\n

Start your reflection with a brief description of your artifact.\u00a0 In addition to explaining what it is, share the context of how or when this artifact was created so that your audience can understand what work was involved. Then consider which of the following reflection prompts below you would like to answer based on which are best suited to the purpose of your ePortfolio, your audience, and your artifact.<\/p>\n

Reflection Prompts<\/h4>\n

Click on the reason to expand the section.<\/p>\n

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