Reflective questions
Reflective questions
This strategy will help students to:
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reflect individually on their learning experiences and how these can be applied to their lives
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generalise skills and knowledge to other situations
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monitor and evaluate a decision making process.
Implementation
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Following a learning experience or at the conclusion of a program, students need to be given the opportunity to reflect on the learning process, their understandings, attitudes and values.
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The following questions may be used to guide the reflective process and are a suggestion only. Students can respond verbally or in written form.
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Description: What did I do?
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Objective: What did I learn?
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Feelings: How did I feel?
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Values: Why did I feel like that?
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Application: How will I use the skill or information?
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The questions could be permanently displayed for regular reference.
Variation
Journal reflection
Have students keep a journal to document their responses to these questions and other personal reflections.