Saturday, 8 January 2022

Guidelines For Writing Reflective Diary

 Guidelines For Writing Reflective Diary


 

1.Description 

A description of the class or incident, with relevant details. 

Remember to maintain confidentiality. Don't make 

judgments yet or try to draw conclusions; simply describe the 

events and the key players. Set the scene! It might be useful to ask yourself the following questions-

What happened? 

When did it happen? 

Where were you? 

Who was involved? 

What were you doing? 

What role did you play? 

What roles did others play? 

What was the result? 

 

4. Analysis

What can you apply to this situation from your 

previous knowledge, studies or research? 

What recent evidence is in the literature surrounding 

this situation, if any? 

Which theories or bodies of knowledge are relevant 

to the situation  – and in what ways? 

What broader issues arise from this event? 

What sense can you make of the situation? 

What was really going on? 

Were other people's experiences similar or  different in important ways? 

What is the impact of different perspectives eg. 

personal / students /teachers/ colleagues’ perspectives? 

 

2. Feelings 

Don't move on to analysing these yet, simply describe them. 

How were you feeling at the beginning? 

What were you thinking at the time? 

How did the event make you feel? 

What did the words or actions of others make you 

think? 

How did this make you feel? 

How did you feel about the final outcome? 

What is the most important emotion or feeling you 

have about the incident? 

Why is this the most important feeling? 

 

5. Conclusion

How could you have made the situation better? 

How could others have made the situation better? 

What could you have done differently? 

What have you learned from this event? 

 

3. Evaluation 

What was good about the event? 

What was bad? 

What was easy? 

What was difficult? 

What went well? 

What did you do well? 

What did others do well? 

Did you expect a different outcome? If so, why? 

What went wrong, or not as expected? Why? 

How did you contribute? 

 

 


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