"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard This school immerses its self in continual learning and growth experiences and considers the practice of reflection as significant to its work as the training experience. Rather then regard learning as many unrelated episodic events, student can use reflection as an opportunity for constructing meaning from their work. Maximum meaning from experiences requires reflection. The act of reflection, particularly with a …showed first 75 words of 932 total…

…showed last 75 words of 932 total…foundation for the renaissance school. Nordwood, MA: Christopher Gordon. Costa, A., & Kallick, B. (1994). Assessment in the learning organization: Shifting the paradigm. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Lee, G., & Kallick, B (1994).Using reflective questioning to promote collaborative dislogue. Journal of staff development, 15(1), 16-21. Wassaley, P.A., Hampel, R.L., & Clark, R. w. (1997). Kides and school reform. San Francisco: Jossey-Brass. A defining condition of being human is that we have to understand the meaning of our experiences. Jack Mezirow