Waddington, Shelagh B. and Wright, Paul N.
(2007)
Student Reflection: An ‘ideal world’?
Planet, 18 (1).
pp. 51-54.
ISSN 1473-1835
Abstract
There is a growing body of research that supports what many
tutors have felt is an important way of learning, namely learning by
doing. In geography, and other environmentally focused subjects,
the role of practical and field work is often cited as a key factor
in the undergraduate learning experience, and something that
facilitates understanding. However, the link between this ‘doing’
and ‘understanding’, is reflection (Kolb, �984; Hinett, 2004).
This paper documents an action research project that
attempted to introduce formal reflection into the curriculum
of a cohort of geography students at the National University of
Ireland, Maynooth (NIUM). Tutors at NUIM had identified two
major questions about the learning experience that they wished
to investigate. The first was to evaluate one method of enhancing
the transfer of learning between year two (level two modules) and
those in year three (level three modules). At the start of the study,
this transfer was deemed to be poor, and was creating issues
when students reached higher levels of study, and attempted to
construct curriculum vitae for life after university. The second
question was the desire to investigate the effectiveness of
encouraging student reflection, and to assess the degree to which
IT would facilitate this process. The present report provides an
overview of the process of reflection and its likely part in the
learning process, followed by a description of the project process
and an evaluation of its outcomes. Finally, consideration is given
to future developments in relation both to encouraging reflection
and in the use of IT for this purpose. The modules which form
the focus for the project were co-ordinated by one of the authors,
while the other acted primarily to evaluate the experience
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Student; Reflection; ideal world; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
9157 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.11120/plan.2007.00180051 |
| Depositing User: |
Shelagh Waddington
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| Date Deposited: |
17 Jan 2018 16:51 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Planet |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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