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A Reflective Lens:
Music Pedagogical Research to Transform Practice

Two routines were selected to guide our design of questions
in the reflection journal to help structure the students’
thinking and deepen their learning.

A. The ‘See-Think-Wonder’ routine
was applied in our designing of
Reflection Journal 1 (Appendix 1) to
set a platform for students to make
and inquire on their observations.

B. The ‘Connect-Extend-Challenge’ routine,
adopted in our Reflection Journal 2
(Appendix 2), allowed students to make
connections to prior knowledge, extend
their ideas and discuss their challenges.

From Reflection Journal 3 to 5 (Appendices 3 – 5), students
were given greater space and flexibility to reflect on any
relevant subject areas. However, there were still some
guiding questions provided to help direct their thinking.
The Reflective Practice Lesson
A briefing was first conducted for all the members during
the last week of the June holidays on the objective of the
research study and their role in this study. Details such as
completing a journal at the end of CCA practice sessions
and videoed reflective dialogues between selected
members and teacher-researchers were also highlighted
during the briefing.
The study was implemented between July and September
2014 of Term 3, from Week 2 to Week 11. Every guitar
practice session lasted about 2 hours and all the 11
members wrote an entry in their weekly reflection journals
after practice.

Journal 1
in Term 3
Week 2

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Journal 2
in Term 3
Week 3

Journal 3
in Term 3
Week 4

Journal 4
in Term 3
Week 5

Journal 5
in Term 3
Week 11
(September
Holiday)