You may find one of the following reflective models useful in helping you structure your learning journal entries.
What? So what? Now What? (Driscoll, 1994)
- What? – describe what happened
- So what? – understand the impact and identify the learnings
- Now What? – create a plan for future action
Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988)
- Description – describe what happened
- Feelings – how did you feel and what were you thinking?
- Evaluation – describe objectively what was positive or negative
- Analysis – consider why things went well or badly and whether these were internal or external factors
- Conclusions – focus on what you learned from the experience
- Actions – what future action can you take to build on your learnings?
