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Assessment - Learning journal

Structuring a learning reflection

Just like all academic writing, a learning reflection needs a key message that is used to structure the narrative. As a writer, you need to make sure that your reader (or marker) understands the significance of your reflection.

A reflection is a piece of writing, so remember what makes writing such as this effective:

An introduction that includes your key reflection(s).

• Put your key message in the introduction (this is the focus of the discussion for that particular week)

A body, that retells the facts and relates it to your prior knowledge

• Use topic sentences to highlight the main point
• Then follow with the retelling and relating (use evidence if you wish to emphasis a point in your learning).

A conclusion, that gives the significance or implications of your key reflections

• What this will mean for the future? What has changed for you?

What should you write about?

• What you think about issues raised in the question
• Any flashes of inspiration you have had
• What you understand so far
• What you find puzzling, difficult or contradictory
• How you can reach a better understanding of the above
• What do you need to know more about, and how can you go about finding out more?
• What resources have helped you to understand and/or been interesting to use?
• How do you feel about the way you have approached the issue/topic so far?
• What new knowledge, skills or understanding have you gained during the process of writing your learning journal?
• Have you changed your opinions or values during the process/experience?
• How can you improve your learning, thinking and working in the future?
• Have you identified the next step(s) for your further development?

Attachment:- Learning journal.rar