Reflective Journal

What is Reflective Writing? Reflective writing will enable you to attain self-understanding by exploring personal attitudes, experiences, and memories As you write, simultaneously look forward (to goals that you might obtain) and backward (to see what you have accomplished so far)

Your journal will be a place to… practice personal reflective writing work out ideas and concepts from workshop sessions and discussions record your experiences during the workshop and beyond continue to apply what you learn in workshop sessions to your research question(s) and project ideas

What Should You Write About? Any new ideas that come to mind Responses to questions which arise in workshop discussions Responses to questions we pose Responses to reflective questions: What information did you find useful today? What doubts do you still have about this info? How might you incorporate this info into your research plan?

How Should You Write? However you feel like it Not worrying about grammar, spelling, etc. By taking risks Freely!

Let’s Practice In your journals, respond to this question: “What is the engineering education question or issue that is most pressing to you right now?”