A Reflection journal is a piece of informal writing where students record insights, feelings and thoughts about their own learning experiences. A reflection journal intends to develop student’s awareness of their learning experience, and eventually contribute to a better regulation of attitudes and behaviour.

If you are interested in using this learning tool for your students, you can give a look to these  guidelines. These are only a few questions to inspire students to reflect on their own learning process. If you are using a reflection journal or something similar in your course, get in contact with me and we will share our experiences.

Teachers can also have their own reflection journals, keep them for themselves and even share them with students as an example. Here two examples of journal entries that I shared with my students in my courses:

Dealing with Difficult emotions

Comment on Tim’s Urban master procrastinator.