Learning in vivo: Reflection by word association

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03 November 2011

Reflection by word association

Reflection comes naturally for some, but other struggle to become reflective. Chapter 12 of A Student Guide to Clinical Legal Education and Pro Bono contains an activity which would enhance reflectivity. Kerrigan and Murray (2011) suggest thinking about different terms for each letter of the word REFLECTION and give some examples. My suggestion would be to apply some of the ‘synonyms’.

R	reviewing, reasoning, rethinking, recapturing, reconstructing, reactions, responses, refining, realising, rigorous, retrospective
E	experience, emotions, experimenting, externalising, evolving
F	feelings, focus, forward moving
L	lifelong learning, linking (ideas or experiences), limitless
E	external issues, ethics, exploring, evaluation, engagement, explanations
C	critique, conscious, concepts, changes, context, curiosity, conclusions, cyclical, consequences, consideration, challenge, cognitive
T	thinking, trying out new ideas, taking stock, transforming, testing
I	ideas, improving, insight, inquiry, interpretation, interaction, integration, implications, identifying, interrogation
O	observing, objective, open mind
N	new experiences, new ideas, noticing

Kerrigan, K & Murray, V. (eds) 2011. A Student Guide to Clinical Legal Education and Pro Bono. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

Posted on 03 November 2011 at 11:14 in Books/Journals, Reflective practices | Permalink

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