1. Reflective Writing is:
a combination of theory and practice
based on personal experience but is backed up with
evidence from other sources
about what you have learnt from an event or
experience and how you would do things differently
next time
2. Reflective writing is not:
a long and detailed description of an event
an impersonal text (It’s ok to use “I”)
about making yourself look good but honestly
examining the strengths and weaknesses of your
practice
3. Why write reflectively?
To think about how you learn
To promote deep learning
To make connections between theory and practice
To learn from your mistakes
To think about what you want to do differently in the
future
4. Structure
Usually written in paragraphs and has an introduction, body and conclusion
There is not one structure for reflective writing but it will probably include:
An introduction which identifies the key focus and the context including a
description of the event/practice/experience
Subsequent paragraphs each focus on an important issue, add more
description, link issue to theory/literature
A conclusion summarises the key learnings/personal strengths/areas for
improvement or different practice with reference to literature