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What Is Critical Reflection
What Is Critical Reflection
2018 NQS Element 1.3.2: Critical reflection: Critical reflection on children’s learning and
development, both as individuals and in groups, drives program planning and implementation.
In education and care services, critical reflection means ‘Closely examining all aspects of events and
experiences from different perspectives’ (Approved Learning Frameworks – EYLF p.13, FSAC p.12). To
be confident in critical refection it helps to understand how it differs from evaluating, summarising or
recording what an educator is seeing or doing. Some examples of the differences are:
… a tool for professional and personal growth: … planning a new experience based on
an observation.
–– Can I share my critical reflections at a team meeting?
–– Can I develop ideas for improvement?
–– Can I implement a change and what will it look like?
… a process that usually takes place after the decision/ … evaluating a situation to find out a
practice, etc., has occurred. child’s interests.