Identify and reflect on your experiential education or on-campus experiences

Benefits of identifying and reflecting on your experiences

• It allows you to assess what you have learned and gained through your experience
• It can help you to realize the connection between theory and practical experience
• It helps you to identify areas for further advancement
• It helps you to develop the reflective practice habits for future experience

Some reflection questions to consider:

• Were you able to achieve the goals and objectives determined for your experiential experience?
• How did you apply the knowledge you gained in class?
• What new skills did you gain through this experience?
• What was your greatest accomplishment?
• What skills or areas you would like to further develop?

York University Online Resources:

• Becoming YU
• Student Guide to Experiential Education
• Structured Reflection
• Post EE Activities
  • Competency Reflection Guide
• Core Competencies
  • Readiness Checks

Some Suggested Readings: (These books are available at the YorkU Library)

eBook- A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning: Theory and Practice  By: Jennifer A. Moon (Routledge Falmer, 2004)

Reflective practice: transforming education and improving outcomes By: Sara Horton-Deutsch, Gwen D. Sherwood (Indianapolis, IN : Sigma Theta Tau International, c2012)

Experiential learning : experience as the source of learning and development By: David A. Kolb (Pearson Education, Inc., 2015)

  

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