Reflection
Reflection is an essential component of effective experiential education. Quality reflection is intentionally designed to:
- Generate learning: Generates questions, confronts bias, examines causality, connects theory and practice
- Deepen learning: Challenges simplistic conclusions, invites alternative perspectives, asks 'why' iteratively
- Document learning: Produces artifacts of new understanding for evaluation (Ash & Clayton 2009)
Theory and models
- A practitioner's guide to reflection in service-learning : student voices & reflections byCall Number: LC220.5 .E954 1996Publication Date: 1996
Facilitating Reflection: Activities and How-To Guides
- Facilitating Reflection: A Manual for Leaders and Educators byPublication Date: 1995
Assessing Reflection
Hubbs, Delaura and Charles F. Brand. “Learning from the Inside Out: A Method for Analyzing Reflective Journals in the College Classroom.” Journal of Experiential Education 33 (1) (2010), 56-71.
Further Reading on Reflection: Books
The Reflective Practitioner by Call Number: HD8038 .A1 S35 1983ISBN: 1857423194Publication Date: 1994-01-01- A how to guide to reflection: adding cognitive learning to community service programs byCall Number: LC220.5 .S556 1995Publication Date: 1995
The Measure of Service Learning by Call Number: LC220.5 .B75 2004ISBN: 1591470773Publication Date: 2003-11-15
Further Reading on Reflection: Articles
Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. H. (2004). “The articulated learning: An approach to reflection and assessment.” Innovative Higher Education, 29, 137-154.
Ash, S. L., Clayton, P. H., & Atkinson, M. P. (2005). “Integrating reflection and assessment to improve and capture student learning.” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 11(2), 49-59.
Molee, Lenore M., et al. (2010). “Assessing Learning in Service-Learning Courses Through Critical Reflection.”Journal of Experiential Education 33 (3): 239-257.
Owen, Julie. (2016). “Fostering Critical Reflection: Moving from Service to a Social Justice Paradigm.” New Directions for Student Leadership (150): 37-48.
Sanders, Martha J., Tracy Van Oss, and Signian McGeary. “Analyzing Reflections in Service Learning to Promote Personal Growth and Community Self-Efficacy.” Journal of Experiential Education 39 (1) (2016): 73-88.
Welch, M. (1999). The ABCs of reflection: A template for students and instructors to implement written reflection in service learning. NSEE Quarterly (25): 22-25.