EAST Project

Nov-Dec 2015

ISEJ Collaborat

ion

Document Overview‘Why?’ of the collaboration

‘What?’ of the collaboration

‘How?’ of the collaboration

‘When?’ of the collaboration

Why?To reflect on the development of graduate attributes as a result of

participating in the EAST project using the the action-reflection model.

To get the ‘annotated’ reflections published in ISEJ.

http://isejournal.weebly.com

What? - ConceptsGraduate attributes

Reflective writing model

What? - Graduate attributes“The academic abilities, personal qualities and transferable skills which all students will have the opportunity to develop as part of their University of Glasgow experience.”

subject specialists * investigative * independent and critical thinkers * resourceful and responsible * effective

communicators * confident * adaptable * experienced collaborators * ethically and socially aware * reflective learners

academic / personal / transferable dimensionFull Graduate Attributes Matrix: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_183776_en.pdf

What? - Graduate attributesYour task is to study the Graduate Attributes and think of the following questions:

Which of the attributes are your strengths?Which would you like to develop further?The EAST Project brought challenges Did it bring any opportunities for

development of attributes?If so, which? Focus on 1 or 2 attributes.

What? - Reflective writingReflective writing is writing which involves '… consideration of the

larger context, the meaning, and the implications of an experience or action' (Branch & Paranjape, 2002, p. 1185).

What? - Reflective writingCritical incidents > Action - reflection model

A critical incident is an event of some significance for you, one that puzzled you, one that made you stop to think, one that made you ask questions about yourself, about your study, about the world around you. In other words a critical incident is an event which in retrospect has had some impact on you as an academic or as a professional.This could be:

an aspect of project or group work that went very well or very badly

a piece of work that you found very challenging and which challenged your thinking, your beliefs, your ways of doing and thinking

How? - OutputsStage 1: Finding focus - Discussion (WiZiQ)

Stage 2: Digging deeper - Mindmap/Plan (Google Docs)

Stage 3: Writing up - First Draft (Google Docs)

Stage 4: Peer review and follow-up revision

How? - OutputsWrite-up

approx. 500 words

references are optional

focus on analysis and reflection, rather than description

possible structure: an analysis of a learning experience, in this case associated with the EAST project, which proved to be a critical incident; review of learning or course to that point; review of learning or course after that point (to demonstrate changes)

things to include: context of the incident (be specific), the actual incident; why was the incident critical or significant; what were your concerns at the time; what were you thinking and feeling; what was demanding about the situation; what actions did you take; how did the incident impact your studies at the time and perhaps later

When?Stage 1: Discussion (WiZiQ) - 14 Nov 2015

Stage 2: Mindmap/Plan (Google Docs) - In a week’s time, 21 Nov

Stage 3: First Draft (Google Docs) - Writing up - 5 Dec

Stage 4: Review and revision - mid Dec

Stage 5: Submission - 5 Jan