Reflective Writing

Reflective writing may be an occasional requirement on your course or it could be key feature of many assignments. Here are some ideas to help you get started. You may need to reflect for a variety of different reasons and in different ways so always follow the guidelines that you have been given.

This guide can help you:

• Understand what reflection is and why we reflect
• Recognise the characteristics of reflection
• Think about how to bring evidence from reading into your reflections.