Critical reflection paper
You will be required to make three entries into your on-line reflective journal throughout the semester. You will receive feedback on each of these entries. Each entry will be marked off as they fall due. All submissions must be lodged in the WebCT Turnitin link for your individual seminar. Do not use the common forum, email or hardcopy for the eJournals.
Process for Reflective Writing
Reflections are intended to assist you in articulating and strengthening your understanding of the learning activities covered in class. Write the first draft, and then review it. You are not to merely describe the activity or experience. You must carefully reference your work using the Harvard Referencing System. Each Reflective Journal entry must include a minimum of 4 References. If you do not include any references in your reflections, your work will be marked to a pass level only.
Below is a suggested format for each of the entries.
Entry Your entries are to be placed on-line in the Reflective eJournal Forum in the WebCT site – Hardcopy, email are not accepted
Format You should follow the DIEP framework for your entries:
D: describe the event, activity or experience
I: interpret the significance or impact of the events in the learning process
E: evaluate the value of what you have learned or experienced, what you “feel” about what you have learnt and
P: plan how you will apply this knowledge in the future (make links to your future career)
Reference: Turner, K, et al. (2008), p. 93,
Assessment of Critical Reflection Writing
Non Reflectors: A very descriptive report on what is/was happening and/or the content, rather than revisiting the material; impersonal account where ideas are substantiated only with reference to other writers and not with personal experiences; and tends to use simple logic, such as if this….then that.
Reflectors: Identify relationships between prior knowledge and feelings about new material; are able to modify the well known to suit new situations; arrive at insights, possibly some are original but do not demonstrate the validation of assumptions or of making knowledge their own.
Critical reflectors: Always return to experience in discussion; attempt to continually examine experience and self in a critical manner; pursue alternative views and possibilities; draw on a number of resources; are courageous in trying out new ideas – are amenable to change; and do not take things for granted but deliberately test proposition.
ECU, 2009, BES1200 Business Knowledge Development, Semester 1, 2009, Business Edge, Perth
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Seminar 3 – Self Reflection 1 (500 words)
PART A – Unit Expectations
Consider your expectations of this unit.
What do you expect to gain from studying this unit?
How do you plan to make the most of it?
PART B – Team Formation
How was the team formed?
What part did the exercise “Team Roles play in the team formation?
How can the “Team Roles” help in achieving the team objectives?
YOU MUST
use theory to support the learning you have described and evaluated in your reflection
include a minimum of 4 References
use the Harvard Style of citations and References
Week 12 Self-Appraisal Reflection (500 words)
PART A – Unit Expectations
Were your expectations of the unit (Week 3 Reflection) met throughout the semester? If not then why not?
PART B – Teamwork
Teamwork – (use and attach the Peer Review Form to your Reflection) What strategies were used to deal with conflicting viewpoints within the team? (Use theory to support your reflection)How much information, analysis and interpretation did I provide to the team? Did I communicate my ideas even if they conflicted with someone else’s? Did I meet the deadlines? Did I facilitate the decision-making process? or did I just go with the flow? What have I learnt from the teamwork experience?
How would you rate each Team member and their performance? Why? (use and attach the Peer Review Form to your Reflection)
What would you do differently next time you are asked to work in a team? Use theory to support your answer.
YOU MUST
use theory to support the learning you have described and evaluated in your reflection
include a minimum of 4 References
use the Harvard Style of citations and References
include your Peer Review form
Reflection Marking Matrix
N Low
0 N
.3 P
.5 C
.6 D
.7 HD
.8 HD +
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