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Resources and guidance for academic and personal reflection

Reflective Practice

 

"Reflective.  We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience.  We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and professional development"  (IB Learner Profile)

 

Reflection is a way of thinking that helps us to learn. At UWC CSC we are encouraged to use reflection purposively, to grow as learners and to help improve our different communities.  Sometimes reflection forms a part of our assignments, like with CAS and the Extended Essay.  

 

When you are purposively reflective you show yourself to be:

 

  • Open-minded - interested in new ideas and perspectives 
  • Inquiring - able to ask questions and seek out new knowledge
  • Principled - to yourself by acknowledging your uncertainties and mistakes, and principled with others, by making these thoughts and experiences transparent, so they can see them too

(Adapted from Williams et al. 2-3)

 

This reflective toolkit is designed to provide you with the skills and resources to succeed in your reflective practice.

Work Cited

"IB Learner Profile." International Baccalaureate Organization, 2017, resources.ibo.org/data/g_0_iboxx_amo_1702_2_e.pdf.  Accessed 31 March 2021.

Williams, Kate, et al. Reflective Writing. Red Globe Press, 2020.