Purpose:

Assignment 3 - the Individual Reflective Journal - is designed to ensure each student is able to document a critical reflection of their personal learning process, as experienced during this unit. In preparation for this final submission, it is suggested that you make some notes (to yourself) each week, to remind you of how you were feeling and what struggles you were engaged in, so that by the end of the trimester those notes will serve as a reminder of which sections you were challenged by, and you can say what you learnt, and how you experienced the learning process.

It is essential that your emphasis be on what you experienced, what challenged you personally, how you dealt with that and what you gained from it. It is NOT enough to just summarise what was done. This assignment must reflect and describe your own personal deeplearning AND be authentic so as to convince the reader as to the extent of your integral understanding and engagement throughout the research process.

Think of this as if you were writing to a friend or family member, giving your honest views on your personal learning journey as an early-stage researcher.

Reflective Journal must be in this structure:.

Page 1: Cover Sheet (individual assignment cover sheet) 2.

Page 2 onwards: My personal reflections of the work that I personally did in the literature review, with reference to the Research Question(s) (specify which you were personally involved in)

2.1 how I experienced my part of the project

2.2 what challenges I faced in playing my role in the team

2.3 what I learnt by having to cope with those challenges

3. Final page: What lessons I personally learnt from the curriculum (lectures and tutorials) and MCQ test and how I intend to apply my knowledge of research in the future