While critical reflection may have it's own value, particularly for the training of student teachers, for personal development, we sometimes need to go deeper than blogging, or recording thoughts and observations. What methods of analysis might be best used to analyze any written or observed reflections, in order to re-design or further tweak courses at the tertiary level?
I suggest trying out some stylometric analyses, for instance determining keywords and collocations. They may help you see the ideas and presuppositions behind the texts.
Great question Diana R Wilson . As you point out, the reflection needs to be critical. Which to my mind suggests exploration, not merely a narrative of what happened. I use this in my own work and include techniques such as root cause analysis and questioning:
- what worked?
- what did not work?
- what should be done differently next time?
- how did the experience compare to the literature?
- what new discoveries came to light?
- what questions remain unanswered?
This kind of questioning approach helps to bring rigor to the reflective analysis.
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