Reflecting on your evidence
When you're provided with opportunities to examine and reflect upon your beliefs, philosophies and practices, you're more likely to see yourself as an active change agent and a lifelong learner within your future/present profession (Mezirow, 2006).
Don’t just treat your learning ePortfolio as an electronic scrapbook. Whenever you're selecting a piece of evidence for your learning ePortfolio, try to get in the habit of taking the time to include a reflective narrative about the evidence. Think about:
- what was learned
- how it was learned
- when it was learned best, and
- why this learning was valuable.
The University of New South Wales’ student resource “Reflective Writing” provides a basic introduction to reflective practice with examples to help you get started on your reflective writing journey. [Note: Prepared by The Learning Centre and reproduced in original format, The University of New South Wales 2010].