Introduction In this reflective essay I will reflect upon the course based on the assignments and projects I have accomplished this semester. Recent research (Kornblith, 2012:3) identifies that reflection is an active process and making sense of the experience through the understanding of one’s actions. As suggested by (Roberts, 2011:63) she states that the understanding of reflection have been used to develop an action stage, which can further help to improve my skills and knowledge towards my course. This is vital as it ensures that i get the most out of my learning experience and i could use them to their maximum benefit. In order to structure my reflection essay in a practical approach I have decided to use Gibbs Reflective Cycle (1988) model of reflection. This model has been selected as it helps to present the reflection in an easy and understandable manner, so the issues can be evaluated through different angles (Jasper, 2003:78). John 's (1995) model provides a good …show more content…
I had a couple of questions as to what I should expect in this specific course such as: How many papers would we be expected to write? Would we be assigned a lot of homework? As my course started to progress my questions about what I should expect were soon answered. My expectations became clearer because I found out things such as, the course followed a schedule with specific number of assignments, we would have significant amount of time to complete each project. Starting my first independent essay, I was nervous because I have to go above and beyond when researching in order to get a good grade. Writing had always been one of my strengths, but it was challenging to take that initial step past the sixth form style of writing essays. Moving past this phase has greatly opened my mind. My thoughts are now able to be more complex because I have learned how to maintain a logical argument in a structured