English Composition › Section T · Portfolio reflection › Topic T.1
Reflective writing: purpose and structure
Reflection turns a semester of assignments into evidence of how you have grown as a writer. It has its own purpose and structure: it explores rather than argues, and its main point often arrives at the end.
In this topic
- Looking at your own work
- What reflective writing is
- Three areas: happening, reflection, action
- Gibbs' reflective cycle
- Where the main point goes
- Discovery through writing
- The building blocks
- The writing portfolio
- Worked example: description versus reflection
- Worked example: mapping Gibbs' stages
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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