Teaching, Testing and Evaluating Critical Reflection: A Personal Experience
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All course outlines in the MComp degree at UNITEC state that students will learn how to critique issues relating to the topic being studied. The assumption is that critical reflection is a skill that is acquired automatically during the degree. Postgraduate students at UNITEC are required to complete the Research Methods (RM) paper before enrolling in a thesis or dissertation. RM students are encouraged but not required to keep a reflective journal. This paper reports on the effectiveness of keeping a reflective journal by analysing results obtained over the last five semesters.
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