Simon Williams (department of Languages) has expertise in reflective writing/career writing. He and Ruth Bowles received a 2019 BALEAP Collaborative Practice award to develop a mobile app for students.

'Reflective writing is often used in HE student assignments due to its positive effect on developing metacognition (Jarvis et al., 2003). Reflective writing models can provide useful scaffolding but some students still have difficulty moving from description to analysis and goal setting (Cheng, 2017). The project will focus on developing a Mobile App to simplify the process, providing an easy and enjoyable way for students to engage in reflection after lectures or study sessions. Students will be co-creators of the app and a World Café process will be used for input and evaluation'.

Resources:

Reflection for learning: a scholarly practice guide for educators - AdvanceHE

Reflective practice toolkit - University of Cambridge

Bibliography:

Ashwin, Paul, Boud, David, Coate, Kelly, Hallett, Fiona, Keane, Elaine, Krause, Kerri-Lee, Leibowitz, Brenda, MacLaren, Iain, McArthur, Jan, McCune, Velda and Tooher, Michelle (2015) Reflective teaching in higher education. Reflective Teaching . Bloomsbury Academic, London. ISBN 9781441124463

Cheng, G. (2017) 'Towards an automatic classification system for supporting the development of critical reflective skills in L2 learning'. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.3029.

Cook-Sather, A., Abbot, S., & Felten, P. (2019) 'Legitimating reflective writing in SoTL: “Dysfunctional illusions of rigor” revisited'. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 7(2).

Coulson, D., and Harvey, M. (2013) 'Scaffolding Student Reflection for Experience-based Learning: A Framework'. Teaching in Higher Education 18 (4): pp401-413.

Ellis, S., Carette, B., Anseel, F., & Lievens, F. (2014) 'Systematic reflection: Impolications for learning from failures and successes'. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(1), 67-72.

Fisher, K. (2003) 'Demystifying Critical Reflection: Defining criteria for assessment'. Higher Education Research & Development, 22:3, 313-325, DOI: 10.1080/0729436032000145167

Gibbs, G., (1988) Learning by Doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods. Further Education Unit. Oxford Polytechnic: Oxford

Harvey, M., Coulson, D., and McMaugh, A. (2016) 'Towards a theory of the Ecology of Reflection: Reflective practice for experiential learning in higher education'. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 13(2), 2016. Available at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol13/iss2/2

Johnson, I. (2020) '#Take5 #39 The best way to surf the reflective wave?' in Take 5

Kirk, S. (2017) 'Waves of Reflection: seeing knowledges in academic writing'. EAP in a rapidly changing landscape: issues, challenges and solutions. Proceedings of the 2015 BALEAP Conference. Reading: Garnet Publishing.

Lengelle, R., Meijers, F., Poell, R. F., Post, M. (2014) 'Career writing: Creative, expressive and reflective approaches to narrative identity formation in students in higher education'. Journal of Vocational Behavior, Volume 85, Issue 1, pp. 75-84

Lengelle, R. Meijers, F. and Hughes, D. (2016) 'Creative writing for life design: Reflexivity, metaphor and change processes through narrative'. Journal of Vocational Behavior, Volume 97, pp. 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.07.012

McGarr, O. & O’Gallchóir, C. (2020) 'The futile quest for honesty in reflective writing: recognising self-criticism as a form of self-enhancement'. Teaching in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2020.1712354

Trowler, V., Allan, R. L., Bryk, J. & Din, R. R. (2020) 'Penitent performance, reconstructed rumination or induction: student strategies for the deployment of reflection in an extended degree programme'. Higher Education Research & Development, DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2020.1712678

Williams, S. (2019) 'The appearance of voice: EAP and academic literacies approaches to teaching reflective writing'. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (15). pp. 1-30. ISSN 1759-667X