Insights from the Fields: the Role of Reflection in ‘Learning How to Learn’

Anna Salerni

Insights from the Fields: the Role of Reflection in ‘Learning How to Learn’ - Firenze University Press 2018

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In experiential learning, on-field experience needs to be processed consciously in order for learning to take place. Reflection plays a crucial role by providing a bridge between practical experience and conceptualization. Despite being a protected environment, university traineeship is a form of experiential learning that offers students a chance to learn from the fields and reflect on a possible future profession. In this paper we present and discuss a research project whose goal is the development of a methodology to educate trainees’ reflective thinking and writing


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978-88-6453-672-9.32

10.36253/978-88-6453-672-9.32 doi

experiential learning reflective thinking university traineeship reflective writing reflective practitioner