Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study

In recent years, journal writing has become an effective and widely used teaching and learning strategy which is popular with both students and lecturers in higher education. This paper provides a review of the literature of reflective learning journals, in particular: learning processes, types, use...

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Main Author: Baccarini, David
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38410
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description In recent years, journal writing has become an effective and widely used teaching and learning strategy which is popular with both students and lecturers in higher education. This paper provides a review of the literature of reflective learning journals, in particular: learning processes, types, uses, purposes, benefits and issues of implementation within an educational program. Using action research, the author describes the results of using learning journals within an undergraduate construction degree program. The key conclusions of the research were: students support the use of reflective journals for learning; reflective journals should be introduced early into the curriculum and developed gradually throughout the learning program; learners should be given instructions to facilitate the reflective learning process; and, journal structure and assessment support the reflective learning process.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-384102017-01-30T14:20:16Z Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study Baccarini, David reflective writing learning journals construction management In recent years, journal writing has become an effective and widely used teaching and learning strategy which is popular with both students and lecturers in higher education. This paper provides a review of the literature of reflective learning journals, in particular: learning processes, types, uses, purposes, benefits and issues of implementation within an educational program. Using action research, the author describes the results of using learning journals within an undergraduate construction degree program. The key conclusions of the research were: students support the use of reflective journals for learning; reflective journals should be introduced early into the curriculum and developed gradually throughout the learning program; learners should be given instructions to facilitate the reflective learning process; and, journal structure and assessment support the reflective learning process. 2004 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38410 fulltext
spellingShingle reflective writing
learning journals
construction management
Baccarini, David
Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study
title Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study
title_full Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study
title_fullStr Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study
title_full_unstemmed Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study
title_short Reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study
title_sort reflective learning journals for construction education - a case study
topic reflective writing
learning journals
construction management
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38410