Oddy Labs- How to write a Reflective Journal- Academic writing

1. REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

2. What is Reflective Journal ? • A Reflective journal is a personal account of a specific experience or selected readings on a particular topic. In reflective journals, students critically evaluate their studying experience or readings they engage with and provide their personal reflections. • Entries in journals and learning logs have tobe prompted by questions about course content, assignments, exams, students’ own ideas or students’ thought processes about what happened in a particular class period. Journals and learning logs are then submitted to the instructor for feedback.

3. Reasons to Write a Reflective Journal • To understand the things that have happened. • To reflect on why it happened this way. • To align future actions with your values and lessons learned from your past experiences. • To share and get your thoughts and ideas out of your head.

4. Structure For A Reflective Journal • Introduction • Main body • Conclusion

5. Introduction • Describe settings, activities, and people in enough detail to allow the reader to form a clear mental picture of the facts, situations, procedures, or events presented in the journal. • Present a summary of the reading and express your own opinions concerning to the topic (in a reading journal).

6. Main body • Analyze the activities, events, and behaviors reported in terms of roles and responsibilities, as well as opportunities and constraints. • Demonstrate your competent engagement with the readings, in case of a reading journal. • Use quotes from readings to make a particular point clearer, but use them only when it is relevant and necessary

7. Conclusion • Sum up the main points and say what you have done, argued, narrated • Complete each entry with an objective appraisal of the values, goals, and accomplishments of the people and situation reported or expressed your opinion of the readings you have worked on. • Consider alternative viewpoints to evaluate outcomes in most situations

8. Reflective Journal Prompts • What makes you unique? • Name someone that means a lot to you and why? • Write a letter to your younger self. • What is something you can do to focus more on your health and well-being? • What makes you feel at peace? • List tenthings that make you smile. • What does it mean to live authentically? • What is your favorite animal, and why? • How do you maintain your physical/mental health? What can you do to improve the methods of recovery? • List the things that you want to achieve this week.

9. Dos • Personalize your writings to make your presence known • Show your creativity by saying something new about the topic under discussion • Write your Journal in the first person • Align future actions with your reflected values and experiences • Give references if you happen to use any outside materials

10. Don’ts • Provide a mere summary of the events/readings • Repeat the background information mentioned in the previous entries • Write an impersonal and generalized account of the events/readings

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