Learning about Reflection Processes: An Analysis of Learners’ Observation of Experts

Abstract

Both reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action are important, especially in creative design work. Although school curricula teach the technical side of design, they do not teach the psychological side, represented by the reflection process. The goal of this research is to support learners to understand experts’ reflection processes in relation to design. This paper describes experts’ reflection-in-/-on-action processes in design, and how learners observe this from video data on the design process, and on eye-tracking of an expert designer. The findings are helpful for designing environments that support students to learn about experts’ reflection processes.