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Reflective Practices in Education

Reflective Practices in Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of reflective practice, journal writing, and electronic portfolios in education and professional development. It explores the impact of these tools on learning, assessment, and teacher education in higher education settings. The papers also delve into the role of self-reflection and student perceptions in fostering reflective thinking and enhancing academic achievement.

  • Reflective Practice
  • Journal Writing
  • Electronic Portfolios
  • Professional Development
  • Assessment
  • Higher Education
  • Learning Journals
  • Teacher Education
  • Self-Reflection
  • Student Perceptions
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Reflective Practices in Education

Which countries lead Reflective Practices in Education research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.1k and 381 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 381 works
  3. 3 Australia 241 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 240 works
  5. 5 China 226 works
  6. 6 Canada 165 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 107 works
  8. 8 Germany 100 works
  9. 9 South Africa 99 works
  10. 10 India 82 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 40.3%United Kingdom: 13.9%Australia: 8.8%Indonesia: 8.7%6 others listed: 28.4%40%largest
United States1,105 · 40.3%United Kingdom381 · 13.9%Australia241 · 8.8%Indonesia240 · 8.7%6 others listed779 · 28.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Reflective Practices in Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Reflective Practices in Education research, followed by The University of Melbourne and University of South Africa.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 18 works
  2. 2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 18 works
  3. 3 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 17 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 17 works
  5. 5 City University of New YorkUnited States 17 works
  6. 6 Indiana UniversityUnited States 16 works
  7. 7 Monash UniversityAustralia 15 works
  8. 8 Education University of Hong KongChina 15 works
  9. 9 Deakin UniversityAustralia 15 works
  10. 10 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 13 works

What are the most cited papers in Reflective Practices in Education?

The most cited paper in Reflective Practices in Education is "Interviewing as qualitative research a guide for researchers in education and the social sciences" (Irving Seidman, 2006), with 9,987 citations. Next come "Assessment and Classroom Learning" (7,901) and "Educating the Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions" (6,947).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interviewing as qualitative research a guide for researchers in education and the social sciences Irving Seidman 2006 9,987
2 Assessment and Classroom Learning Paul J Black, Dylan Wiliam · Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice Mar 1998 7,901
3 Educating the Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions Donald A. Schön 1987 6,947
4 Formative assessment and self‐regulated learning: a model and seven principles of good feedback practice David Nicol, Debra Macfarlane‐Dick · Studies in Higher Education 21 Mar 2006 5,748
5 Learning Styles and Learning Spaces: Enhancing Experiential Learning in Higher Education Alice Y. Kolb, David Alan Kolb · Academy of Management Learning and Education Jun 2005 4,977
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Reflective Practices in Education research done?

The largest centres of Reflective Practices in Education research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), New York (United States) and Brisbane (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 66 works
  2. 2 MelbourneAustralia 57 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 33 works
  4. 4 BrisbaneAustralia 31 works
  5. 5 SydneyAustralia 31 works
  6. 6 SingaporeSingapore 28 works
  7. 7 PretoriaSouth Africa 28 works
  8. 8 BeijingChina 26 works
  9. 9 TorontoCanada 25 works
  10. 10 Hong KongChina 24 works
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Where is the best place to study Reflective Practices in Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, The University of Melbourne and Hong Kong Polytechnic University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Education University of Hong KongChina 69.427.5%28.0×15 -0.7%
2The University of MelbourneAustralia 65.017.0%4.4×18 +40.1%
3Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 59.925.9%3.5×11 +33.2%
4Deakin UniversityAustralia 58.323.6%9.0×15 -17.5%
5University of South AfricaSouth Africa 54.43.7%11.1×18 +81.4%
6Monash UniversityAustralia 54.321.1%4.3×15 -36.5%
7University of Hong KongChina 53.844.9%2.5×8 -31.9%
8University of TorontoCanada 53.18.7%2.2×17 +36.0%
9Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 51.525.6%3.6×10 +7.3%
10City University of New YorkUnited States 48.71.7%8.2×17 +8.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Reflective Practices in Education, country by country

Is Reflective Practices in Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Reflective Practices in Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Reflective Practices in Education over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Reflective Practices in Education10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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