In short, it is the exploration and operation of texts, ideas and language. In this phase the student is given opportunities to explore how the concept is represented in texts. This is an example of a rubric describing a school s Area of Study for the Preliminary year. Unlike the HSC, it does not include a separate focus for the one Area of Study. This Area of Study requires students to explore the ways in which the concept and process of reflection is expressed in and through texts.
Reflection suggests the process of looking back on the past in order to construct meaning.
It expresses the process of mediation, consideration and remembrance. The concept of reflection also carries within it the suggestion of the mirroring of reality, with its connotations of truth and illusion. All rights reserved.