Reflections Experience is nothing without reflection Different

Reflections Experience is nothing without reflection

Different views I remember two students, back in the 80 s, taking part in the same Service, every Tuesday afternoon, from 3 to 6 pm. After 6 months of weekly commitment, one of the two students wrote in the CAS log about the many emotions lived while keeping company to the severely disabled children, sons of relatively poor families, living in the clean, decent outskirts of a small town; of their welcoming parents, leading fair, humble lives, and of their apparently disproportioned gratitude for what little help the students could provide: a lesson of unconditioned love and hope.

Different views The other student wrote in his CAS log of the many hours wasted on human beings who would never be able to produce anything, or to pay back to society the energy and money they absorb from other people; he wrote of families deprived of their right to freedom and ambitions by creatures that should not be allowed to stay alive, given the degree of their disability.

CAS Learning outcomes 1. Identify their own strengths and develop areas for personal growth 2. Demonstrate that they have undertaken challenges, developing new skills in the process 3. Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience 4. Show commitment to and perseverance in their CAS experiences 5. Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively 6. Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance 7. Recognise and consider the ethics of choices and actions

Thoughts Impact on a person depends on the depth and quality of reflection but not on the experience quantity Reflection based on wrong assumptions and inappropriate judgement can result in dangerous conclusion The guidance in different stages can increase the quality of reflections and guarantee the "IB direction"(CAS LO, IB LP) of students thoughts.

Stages of supervision guided reflection before doing: consideration of goals. guided reflection while doing: during the activity. guided reflections after doing: questioning and de‐structuring preconceptions, examination of perceptions, emotions, choices and thoughts expressed, sharing of final evaluation and self‐evaluation.