To underline the importance of reflection, we exemplify with the following methods of categorizing knowledge and experiences:
Remember
Remembering is reviewing what has happened or been said.
This method includes repeating facts as they were perceived.
Review
Reviewing involves looking at events with the purpose of evaluating them critically.
This may lead to assessments on things; good or bad.
Relate
Relating involves looking at the learnings and assessing their possible impact in a personal context.
This rarely leads to participants including themselves in the events, taking responsibility for what happened, or taking action.
Reflect
What we encourage is reflection. Reflecting involves considering, thinking about, and exploring what the event meant to me, how I relate to what has happened, what I experienced, and how I feel about it.
What does this mean to me?
The impact and power of reflection appear when ‘adaptation’ takes place; when we change our patterns in relation to the experience and knowledge and actually apply it to a new or a similar situation.
Example questions to support the reflection:
… about myself and/or my behaviour?
… about other people and/or other people’s behaviour?
… about groups and/or the behaviour of groups?
… For myself?
… For others?
Questions related to norms & diversity