1 credit
Fall 2025 Distance Learning Upper Division
Description: Credit Hours: 1.00. Reflective practice is a term coined by Donald Schon in The Reflective Practitioner (1983). Reflective practice is the capacity to reflect on action to engage in a process of continuous learning. Reflective practice can be an important tool in practice-based professional learning settings where people learn from their own professional experiences, rather than from formal learning or knowledge transfer. It may be the most important source of personal professional development and improvement. It is also an important way to bring together theory and practice. A person who reflects throughout their practice is not just looking back on past actions and events, but is taking a conscious look at emotions, experiences, actions, and responses, and using that information to add to their existing knowledge base and reach a higher level of understanding. Critical reflection as part of experiential education generates, deepens, and documents learning. As a result of this course, you will be able to articulate the value of your experiential education opportunities toward marketing yourself for potential job opportunities and develop the skills needed to become a reflective practitioner for promotional growth in your future career. Permission of department required.
Learning Outcomes1Reflect on experiential education experiences; Identify knowledge and skills gained from experiences; Identify connections between experiences and disciplinary knowledge.
2Apply theories and concepts to practical sustainability problems; Identify ways in which individual actions within experiences contributed to improving sustainability; Identify ways to individually contribute to improving sustainability in future professional practice.
3Synthesize experiential education experiences into a career development plan; Articulate strengths and weaknesses observed within experiences; Develop a self-improvement plan for future professional practice; Identify a potential career path; Synthesize knowledge and skills gained into high-quality LinkedIn page and Strengths Statement.
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