When
we use the word 'reflection' we usually want to describe a process of
thought that is active and careful. It is an activity in which people
'recapture experience', mull it over and evaluate it. David Boud and his
associates suggest that it involves three aspects:
Returning to experience
Attending to (or connecting with) feelings
Evaluating experience
As informal educators, part of our task is to foster environments in which people can look to their experiences. To do this we also need to look to our own.
For a fuller exploration look in keywords for reflection
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© Tony Jeffs and Mark K. Smith
First published October 18, 1999. Last update:
May 29, 2012
Taken from Tony
Jeffs and Mark K. Smith (2005) Informal Education. Conversation, democracy and
learning, Nottingham: Educational Heretics Press.