![]() Without reflecting upon this experience it may quickly be forgotten, or its learning potential lost. ![]() ‘It is not sufficient simply to have an experience in order to learn. Reflection helps to develop this important life skill, hence why it is important to constantly reflect on your work. You are able to consider what you have done, and know how to improve. If you have this skill you will constantly be learning and growing. The ability to be critical of yourself is crucial in life. You feel like what you have done is worth doing, because you’ve taken more from it than the simple knowledge. When you reflect on something, I think you get a sense of purpose. It allows us to empower ourselves as individual people. Reflection allows us to resolve uncertainty. If I don’t understand something, I simply research it to ensure I do know what it means for future reference. So far in my course, I have taken notes during lectures and then reflected on them at night: looked back on my notes. If we reflect, and evaluate our work, we can create a plan of action for the next time: how will we deal with this if it happens again? What would I do better next time? We can consider the way in which we learn. Reflection gives us the chance to gain a lot more knowledge on our work, and deepen our understanding. ![]() I’ve discovered through doing the online unit that there are many reasons why it is beneficial to reflect. Reflection is taking things a step further than simply describing your thoughts and feelings. It is an activity that provides us with proof that we have stood back from an event, been able to be critical of ourselves and our work, and even see things from someone else’s point of view. I now realise that there is a lot more to reflection, and had I known this at the time my work would have significantly improved. I didn’t really do any more than describe the event and talk about my thoughts and feeling at the time. Reflective writing was never something I was good at throughout school. Through the online unit, I have learnt so much about reflection.
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