| Reflexive statements |
The topic of reflection |
Interpretation |
| “[My own efforts have led me] to the desire to accomplish the course” |
Reflection on impressions |
In modern demagoguery, it is common to incline students to perceive their life and learning as projects. We insist that a distance course is not a project which ends with the final test and a certificate. The distance course is the path, and in the case of our course, it is the beginning of the path, the initiation. And each student has his own path and the results are also different. We should not talk just about the results. There should be many different results. This reflexive statement shows the need to form the initial part of the course not in a motivating form, but in a form of identification so that a student understands that this is his path, not someone else’s, and it is not a project. |
| “My inner conflict regarding the fact that I was very tired of my family disappeared. I realized that this is normal when the family not only gives energy but also takes it” |
Reflection on internal changes:Changes in the way of thinking |
If we talk about personal competencies we must consider changes in attitudes. The course should have some psychotherapeutic and educational effect. And this is possible to achieve. The first statement indicates the awareness of stereotyped, inadequate, and egocentric attitudes. |
| “Listening to and reading materials about the influence of music made me think about music in my daily life; I need to consider what music should surround me” |
Changes in attitudes and perception |
The second statement indicates changes in attitudes towards the environment, and the intention to improve it in accordance with the respondent’s identity. |
| “My reflections made me think and consider more carefully the pattern “think-express-why in these words”, and, accordingly, consider more attentively the words of my partners in conversations” |
Reflection on behaviour:Changes in behaviour and its patterns |
Such reflexive statements in a literal sense show the formation of personal competences. They could be directly compared with the expectations declared by the authors of the course. |
| “It was clear to me a long time ago that the information flow (speech, language, text, music) is a means of internal adjustment for the environment, and is not just a means of conveying information. This lecture made me remember this thought and I would like to start using this knowledge” |
Readiness to change and take an action |
