Dear Students This document provides some examples on how to structure your JOR (Journal of Reflections) for Assignment 3. Each of your reflective journal should include elements of Describe, Disclose and Decide. Table 1 Columns 1 and 2 (subjective and objective reflection) shows how you can structure your thoughts and develop your reflective journal. For column 3 (your reflections & language use examples) you then provide your reflections. For example this could be an entry in Journal of Reflection Week 1: In Week 1, I am reflecting on “am I creative?”. Creativity is….My group members suggested that they were creative. But I want to measure my own creativity objectively. I worked for a supply chain management group in…. My job was process focussed in that creativity tended to be discouraged in my role. The lack of creativity made the tasks monotonous and I resigned after 6 months. I want to explore my creativity by…. You don’t always have to use words. You can use diagrams and other creative and analytic sources to reflect. Your total word length for all your journals should be less than 1000 (you have a 100?word limit allowance above 1000 under the Business School policy). In Table 2, Tony and I have shared some themes that you can use to reflect for the various weeks. Please keep your reflections simple.

Table 1 Reflection Template

REFLECTION TEMPLATE

Subjective

Reflection

Objective Analysis

Your Reflections & Language use examples

Describe Outline the event, activity,

learning content.

Provide details –Title, author,

audience, context, purpose,

summarise key points.

In Week 1, I am reflecting on

“am I creative?”

Use third person to state

main idea or content

point.

“Creativity is….”

What?…

feelings did it evoke in you as a learner?

was the response of others?

“My group members suggested that they were creative”

was my role in the situation/learning activity?

was good/bad about the experience?

was I trying to achieve?

“But I want to measure my own creativity objectively. I worked for a supply chain management group in…”

Disclose Use first person to

express your thoughts,

ideas and feelings.

Use specific examples to fully

explain views.

Don’t be afraid to identify

difficulties or challenges to

your own thinking or work

practices.

Use third person to

discuss different

features of the learning

content.

Use first person when

identifying difficulties or challenges to your thinking or practices.