I cannot help but be impressed with how powerful guided reflection is in supporting learning. I have been incredibly lucky to work closely with a mentor, Dr. Carrie Nolan who embodies experiential learning. She has guided my teaching practice towards experiential approaches over the last few years . Experiential learning is a process of doing and then reflecting on the doing and so I assign activities and then reflections liberally in my classes.\u00a0I have some understanding of the value of reflection from an instructor viewpoint but it’s worth noting my experiences as a learner and how incredibly powerful I find reflection from this vantage point also.<\/p>\n
I submitted a final paper in a course two weeks ago. At the time I thought this was a decent attempt at academic writing. I gave myself the time to work on it and felt good about my submission.\u00a0I am now using that paper, to reflect on my academic writing abilities. \u00a0It is amazing to me that two weeks later, I see problems with my writing that I could not see before. What I find even more interesting is how this process is prompting me to improve the very reflection I am writing as I understand the problematic parts of my first submission. This writing about my writing is creating a situation where I can act on the problems I am identifying in my past assignment while I write about them. I think this must be the best case scenario with reflection as a learning practice where the very act of reflecting influences the actions you take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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