Reflections: Prerequisites for quality learning in the 21st century

Abstract

Today's society requires competitive professionals who can respond operationally to ever-changing life situations, think creatively, focus their activities on achieving the goals set and this is why the new challenge of the 21st century education is to balance vocational and general education objectives to meet changing societal needs. One aspect that arises directly from the quality of education is reflection. The aim of this study is to find the implementation of learning reflection by teachers and how the influence of the use of reflection in the learning process. Depending on the results of this research, it will be clear whether the teachers will use reflection as teaching and learning method in their lessons at school. This research used quantitative  method to determine the effect of reflection.  The type of research is quantitative research using an online survey method. The results of survey certifies that 64% of teachers agree that reflection helps the students to sort out their thinking process and allows them to improve on their own and 72% of teachers answered that they would like to continue to use reflection activities at their lessons because students’ curiosity can motivate them to engage in the learning process.

Keywords: Learning, quality learning, reflection, schools, students, teachers