Reflective writing What is reflective writing? Good reflective writing usually involves four key elements: reporting and responding to a critical issue or experience; relating this issue or experience to your own knowledge in this field; reasoning about causes and effects of this issue/experience according to relevant theories or literature and/or similarities or differences with other experiences you’ve had; and reconstructing your thinking to plan new ways to approach the issue or engage in similar experiences in the future Why do we write reflectively? Reflecting on an experience involves drawing on current understandings to think deeply and purposefully about what can Read More …