Reflection is a process in which you look back at a certain event or piece of work and examine it in a critical way. By reflecting on such things you are able process your thoughts and feelings about the incident or piece of work and use these thoughts to learn how to do better in the future.

Reflecting on a past experience can be very beneficial as it allows you to look back at the event and identify the errors that occurred. You can reflect on how they affected you, how it changed you as a person and how it could have affected other people. But it also allows you to learn from the previous experience and use that knowledge in the future to avoid making the same mistakes. Reflection can also be used to evaluate a piece of writing. You are able to identify the weaknesses in your work and what you need to improve on. Using this knowledge you are able to improve your writing skills and avoid making the same mistakes in a future piece.

Reflection does not just need to be used to point out the negatives. It can also be used to highlight the positives in your work or event. It enables you to see your strengths and what parts of your work you did well. Just like the negatives, you can remember what you did well and use it again in the future.

Reflecting on feedback is also an important part of learning and has many benefits. It allows you to identify what you need to work on and how you can improve your work.  Having an outside opinion on your work enables you to see a different perspective that you may not have thought of before and gives you ideas of how you could integrate this new information into your future work. It is important to reflect on the positive feedback that you receive as well as it highlights what other people think you do successfully and give you a confidence boost.

In my opinion, reflecting is crucial to your learning. Not only does it allow you to see what you have done well in but what you can improve on and therefore you are constantly improving you skills.