The Virtual Agora for Occidental Meditation

Reflection as an Academic Discipline

Reflection is considered sufficiently significant as to be taught as a subject in schools and universities.

At the heart of it

“It is the mark of a civilised person in a situation that is not too fraught that he or she will make time and space to reflect. The more one does it, the better one gets and if it is a habit one’s whole way of life can be transformed.”

Justin Glass, Founder

Graham Gibbs‘ Reflective Cycle

The theoretical approach of reflection as a cyclical model was further developed by Graham Gibbs (1998). This model is based on a six-stage approach, leading from a description of the experience through to conclusions and considerations for future events. While most of the core principles are similar to Kolb’s, Gibbs’ model is broken down further to encourage the teacher to reflect on their own thoughts and feelings.
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