This study investigates reflection keywords by contrasting two datasets, one of reflective sentences and another of descriptive sentences. The loglikelihood statistic reveals several reflection keywords that are discussed in the context of a model for reflective writing. These keywords are seen as a useful building block for tools that can automatically analyse reflection in texts.

This paper reports upon the insights gained through working with teachers as writers at their own level. As part of a two year research project into the development of children’s voice and verve in writing, a group of fourteen teachers’ reflective journeys as writers were documented, two other groups of teachers and one group of student teachers also took part in writers’ workshop across the sa...

This paper reports upon the insights gained through working with teachers as writers at their own level. As part of a two year research project into the development of children’s voice and verve in writing, a group of fourteen teachers’ reflective journeys as writers were documented, two other groups of teachers and one group of student teachers also took part in writers’ workshop across the sa...

Reflective writing is one established method for teaching medical students empathetic interactions with patients. Most such exercises rely on students' reflecting upon clinical experiences. To effectively elicit, interpret, and translate the patient's story, however, a reflective practitioner must also be self-aware, personally and professionally. Race, gender, and other embodied sources of ide...

In this paper the assumption that critical reflection skills are acquired automatically during postgraduate study is queried by examining whether keeping a reflective journal is an aid in developing reflective habits. All course outlines in the postgraduate program studied for this paper state that students will learn how to critique issues relating to the topic being studied. The assumption is...

Reflective capacity is integral to core healthcare professional practice competencies. Reflection plays a central role in teacher education as reflecting on teaching behaviours with critical analysis can potentially improve teaching practice. The humanities including narrative and the visual arts can serve as a valuable tool for fostering reflection. We conducted a multinational faculty develop...

Writing a good quality scientific article takes experience and skill. I propose 'Ten Tips' that may help to improve the quality of manuscripts for scholarly journals. It is advisable to draft first version of manuscript and revise it repeatedly for consistency and accuracy of the writing. During the drafting and revising the following tips can be considered: 1) focus on design to have proper co...

Some Matters of Style 12 Omit Needless Words 12 Avoid Metacomments on the Writing 13 Use Repetition and Parallel Construction 13 Jargon 14 Voice and Self-Reference 14 Tense 14 Avoid Language Bias 14 Research Participants 14 Sex and Gender 14 Racial and Ethnic Identity 15 Sexual Orientation 15 Disabilities 16 Common Errors of Grammar and Usage 16 Compared with versus Compared to 16 Data 16 Diffe...

This paper examines the use of a reflective journal system in an Information Systems course, focusing on the effectiveness of the journal for course evaluation. It explores the criteria used for designing the system, the reasons for designing the system, and presents some initial evaluations as to the effectiveness of the journal. Finally, it concludes by suggesting that the journal was effecti...