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Academic Skills Workshops: Reflective Writing

Reflective Writing Part One: Identifying the differences between reflective and descriptive writing (4 mins)

This workshop is suitable for UNDERGRADUATE and POSTGRADUATE students.

Intended Learning Outcome:
Develop your learning in identifying the differences between reflective and descriptive writing.

Reflective Writing Part Two: Considering characteristics of reflective writing – what is it? (5 mins)

This workshop is suitable for UNDERGRADUATE and POSTGRADUATE students.

Intended Learning Outcome:
Develop your learning in understanding the main characteristics of reflective writing.

Video - Reflective Writing [Watch this to complete Reflective Writing Part Two workshop recording Activity 2]

Skills Team University of Hull, 2014. Reflective writing [online, video]. YouTube. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1eEPp5VSIY [Accessed 10 May 2021].

Watch this to complete Activity 2 in the Reflective Writing Part Two workshop recording.

Reflective Writing Part Three: Reflective learning theories and how to write reflectively (10 mins)

This workshop is suitable for UNDERGRADUATE and POSTGRADUATE students.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

  • provide some reflective writing tips;
  • introduce you to reflective learning theory cycles and a model;
  • give you an opportunity to practise reflective writing.

Reflective Writing Part Four: Linking your reflective writing with evidence from academic sources (13 mins)

This workshop is suitable for UNDERGRADUATE and POSTGRADUATE students.

Intended Learning Outcome:

  • determine how to link reflective writing with evidence from academic sources;
  • consider the university study skills process of referencing to acknowledge the work and ideas of others (avoid plagiarism).

Skills for study

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