Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing

Chapter 10

Reflection and reflexivity

 

 

 

The picture that emerges from Chapters 8 and 9 is of students' experience as simultaneously set in motion and flexibly ‘held’ by the combination of the creative life writing exercises and the experiential, collaborative groups where they share their writing. But my researches reveal that there is another key dimension in students' experience of change, which is the reflective work they engage in, whether through diaries or learning journals, or end-of-course reflective essays and academic papers, with the help of course readings. Indeed, what becomes clear is that there is a central dialogue in Group 2 students' experience between the reflective work and the experiential work. Thus in this chapter ...