12. a journal is a place for...
Recording
thoughts, ideas, observations, things
Reflecting
to gain understanding
Analyzing
to further your learning
Concluding
setting out what you have thought
about
13. what’s in it - actual?
written notes
diagrams
drawings
sketches
14. what’s in it - ideas?
personal insight
observations
questions
speculation
the work of others
15. content
raw
un-thought-out observations
recorded close to the action
think police note book
reflection
stuff you have thought about
connections
notes on the unexpected
19. what is reflection?
the image of looking at oneself in a mirror,
suggested by the word, means that it has
implications of being conscious of what one
is doing.
20. what is reflection?
reflection is studying one's own study methods
as seriously as one studies the subject
and
thinking about a learning task after you have
done it.
unless you do this, the task will almost
certainly be wasted.
21. what is reflection?
so
know yourself –
how do you work?
why are you doing what you are doing?
22. what is reflection?
so
when do you work?
where do you work?
time
scale time
location
how does this inform your working pattern /
approach to work?
24. what is reflection?
in any learning situation
you should
- prepare for it beforehand
- participate actively during it
- reflect on it afterwards
25. what is reflection?
there are two types of reflection
- reflection-in-action
(thinking on your feet)
- reflection-on-action
(retrospective thinking).
26. what is reflection?
what is reflection?
reflection is a process of reviewing an
experience of practice in order to describe,
analyse, evaluate and so inform learning
about practice
27. what is reflection?
the reflective student thinks about their own
experience of studying
and then decides what changes of approach
might be most suitable.
37. Form - describe what you see
Colour scheme
One colour or dominant
Principle shapes
Textures
Variety or unity of Textures
Arrangement of the elements in the work
Relationship to Content
38. Process - how it became
What materials
Processes and techniques
How was the work made
With what
What tools
How and where was the work begun
What skills were used
39. Context - extending beyond the
physical
What is the work about
What is its subject matter
Overt Vehicle for social religious moral
political concerns
Observed directly remembered imagined
Representational or distorted
Why
Superficial or hidden meanings
40. Mood - bringing yourself into the
picture - empathy
How does the work affect you
Does it relate to a mood feeling or emotion
you have experienced
Artists/designers feeling during the making of
the work
Quiet/noisy happy/sad
41. what is your connection to these
images?
• Describe what you see
• Consider what you think about it
• How could this inform your work?
• What is the next thing to do?