In contrast, the full development of our ethical motivations requires that our heart engage in "reflection": "If it reflects, then it will get it.
When they evaluated how much they had learned in class 2 months later, those who engaged in reflection rated their learning significantly higher than those who did not reflect (Schwartz, Brophy, Lin, & Bransford, 1999).
For example, we use language to engage in reflection but language is itself a social product and deeply tied to various cultural forms.
Reflection and rumination are conceptualized as two distinct forms of self-focused attention that differentially relate to psychological outcomes; however, recent findings indicate that individuals who tend to engage in reflection may be prone to rumination.
However, in our analysis of these evaluations, mentors engaged in reflection of their teaching/delivery to a significantly greater extent than any of the other factors we scored (discussion of mentor content knowledge, student content knowledge, scaffolding of the lesson, or professional growth; see Table 5 for descriptive statistics).
In particular, students reported increased self-awareness and ability to engage in reflection as benefits developed by the projects.
For some PHNs, debriefing with colleagues was a more effective, timely and comfortable way to engage in reflection.
Students who adopt surface approaches to learning are more likely to memorize information, interact passively with material, and seldom engage in reflection, and are less likely to make connections between ideas or recognize emergent patterns.
They also indicated that although portfolios encourage students to engage in reflection, the quality of this cannot be assumed, and the time commitment required to complete portfolios may detract from other learning activities or deter students from engaging in the process unless required to do so for assessment.
Instead, Rastas believe a person should engage in reflection and interpretation of their experience and form their own personal convictions about the Rasta beliefs.
