Research Article
Mirror, Mirror on My Blog
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-8-2021.2315266, author={Vinod J. Nair and Jinchi Yip}, title={Mirror, Mirror on My Blog}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Industries \& Creative Culture, DESIGN DECODED 2021, 24-25 August 2021, Kedah, Malaysia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={DESIGN-DECODED}, year={2022}, month={3}, keywords={reflective practice teaching and learning design e-portfolio metacognition}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-8-2021.2315266} }- Vinod J. Nair
Jinchi Yip
Year: 2022
Mirror, Mirror on My Blog
DESIGN-DECODED
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-8-2021.2315266
Abstract
Reflective practice is an exercise prescribed by educators to develop metacognition. A powerful tool, it gains insight into students’ state of mind; their struggles, fears and inspirations, while also revealing strengths and weaknesses in curriculum and pedagogy. In a class of 52 students of an undergraduate design programme at a private university in Malaysia, weekly, and final reflections are required in students’ individual academic journals that serve as their e-portfolios. This qualitative research seeks to understand students’ learning journey and to reflect on teaching practice by using the rich data from students’ reflections. General themes related to teaching and learning via student reflections were discovered. Students have expressed a sense of realisation, motivation, development and transformation in themselves throughout their learning experience in a 14-week semester. This paper also discusses the importance of reflective practice via e- portfolios to inform curriculum planning and pedagogic practice.