Reflecting on schoolwork is a core part of the learning process. Unfortunately, students are often left to do this on their own, without educators dedicating time to structured reflection in their lessons. Reflection is often only encouraged following an assessment or a piece of feedback, rather than being a regular feature of all lessons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Experiential learning factors reflection into the teaching approach. It\u2019s a cycle that moves students through experiencing, reflecting, conceptualizing, and experimenting. Our new 2023 State of Technology in Education Report<\/a> explores what makes this process so valuable to students on a personal and academic level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflection time doesn\u2019t necessarily have to come at the end of class as a final lesson plenary. The experiential approach follows every activity, experience, or experiment with time for students to analyze what they achieved and how they reached that result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The reflection can be aligned to specific learning goals as well as individual targets or personal outcomes, such as how students collaborated with others, successes, and weaknesses. It aims to make students think analytically and critically about their performance as well as observe how concepts, processes, and skills relate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflection time can improve retention by helping students process and digest content, making sure they fully grasp a concept. Taking it slowly makes the experience less overwhelming for mixed ability students and less overstimulating for special education needs (SEN) students. Reflection can ease particularly stressful periods such as examination season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflection in education encourages a growth mindset, providing time to recognize progress, strengths to celebrate, and weaknesses to improve. Students can break down the steps they took to reach an outcome, thinking more about the process and skills they\u2019re learning rather than passively repeating them. This also enables students to identify transferable skills they can apply to other subjects or tasks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflection supports students\u2019 social-emotional needs, such as empathy, emotional intelligence, and other interpersonal skills, alongside their academic development. And according to the 2023 State of Technology in Education Report, most educators agree technology helps support students\u2019 social-emotional needs. We surveyed over 1,700 teachers, administrators, IT specialists, students, and parents to understand what\u2019s impacting learning in and out of the classroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This year\u2019s State of Technology in Education Report paints an in-depth picture of today\u2019s education landscape and the role technology plays in social-emotional learning and student engagement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about future trends in edtech based on the views of those closest to it and find out what your peers believe is the biggest issue in education today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Read our new 2023 State of Technology in Education Report<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you want to learn more about student engagement? Check out some additional resources below!What is reflective learning? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What are the benefits of reflection in education? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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