Journal Writing Structured reflective journal entries include Identification

Journal Writing Structured reflective journal entries include: § Identification: students reflect upon activities, conversations, events or thoughts or feeling experienced § Description: students describe subjectively and objectively what they did, felt etc. (Baker, 1996)

Journal Writing Structured reflective journal entries include: § Significance: students analyze the significance of the experience § Implications: students address the implications of their experience (Baker, 1996)

Responding to Journal Feedback concerning: § Journal writing is considered to offer “writer the opportunity to become participant/observers of their own learning, to describe a significant experience and to then reflect on that experience to see what they can learn from having had it” (Weisberg & Duffin, 1995)

Responding to Journal § The art of responding sensitively to journal entries involves allowing student to risk trial and error approach and not censoring entries § A few comments may be written in the margins or a brief note made at the end of the journal (Chen, Cowdroy, Kingsland, & ostwald, 1994)

Responding to Journal § These responses should always be positive and very specific § If entries appear to be brief, challenge the student with probing questions, or make a positive suggestion for next weeks journal to promote an extension of current thinking (Chen, Cowdroy, Kingsland, & ostwald, 1994)

Journal feedback • ���������� give feedback �������� conference ���������� • Balance ����� comment ���������� (Peterson, 1995( • ������ feedback ����� reflection, critical thinking. . ……