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Here I am, at the kitchen table drinking my morning coffee and having a go at this reflective journal. An experiment. To test myself and see if keeping a reflective diary can really benefit my work and give a positive input to my practice.

Keeping a reflective blog is what I ask my students to do when developing their research projects. So, why not do it myself at the beginning of a new project?


I will ask myself the three main questions that I ask my students to ask themselves to become reflective practitioners:

Why do I work in the way I do? 
How do I develop solutions to creative problems?
How does my work relate to other, current activity in my field?

Now that the first post is written, it's just a matter of keeping going...

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