Reflective

Contribution

Schön distinguishes between reflection during action (improvising in the moment) and reflection on action (deliberating afterwards). Both are skills; both can be taught and assessed.

In our sims

MyEdMentor splits debrief into two passes: an in-the-moment journal entry per turn (reflection-in-action) and a structured post-run reflection (reflection-on-action) with peer comparison.

Contribution

Kolb isolates Reflective Observation as one of four cycle stages. The cycle is not complete until reflection has produced abstract conceptualisation that informs the next action.

In our sims

Reflection prompts in our debrief follow Kolb's progression: what did you observe → what does it mean → what do you do differently next time?

Contribution

Mezirow argues that adult learning is transformative only when students confront and revise their underlying frames of reference, a process driven by critical reflection on assumptions.

In our sims

Boardroom sims contain pre-set 'frame-of-reference' challenges: dilemmas designed to surface and test students' assumptions, with explicit debrief prompts asking what shifted.

Contribution

Brookfield's four critical lenses, autobiographical, learner, peer, theoretical, extend reflection beyond self-examination into structured peer and theoretical comparison.

In our sims

Group debrief uses Brookfield's lenses as prompts: how did your view compare to your peers, what would the theoretical literature say, and how does this connect to your own past decisions?

Contribution

The UK Professional Standards Framework names reflection on professional practice as a core value (V4) for accredited higher-education teaching, required evidence for Advance HE Fellowship.

In our sims

Tutors using MyEdMentor for FHEA portfolio evidence can export reflection-aligned debrief artefacts (anonymised, no student PII) that map directly to UKPSF V4 evidence criteria.

Contribution

Hattie's meta-analysis of 800+ studies positions feedback loops as the single highest-effect-size factor in observable learning gains, and reflection is the mechanism that converts feedback into learning.

In our sims

Every decision in a MyEdMentor sim generates immediate feedback (KPI shift, advisor reaction, peer vote). Reflection journals scaffold the conversion from feedback received to learning retained.