Reflective Thinking: Strategies for Enhancing Self-Empowerment of Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

Reflective thinking is a meaning-making process that moves a learner from one experience into the next with deeper understanding of its rapport with and connections to other practices and ideas. Therefore, reflective thinking gives middle level students with the skills to mentally process learning experiences, identify what they learned, revise their understanding based on new material and experiences, and transfer their learning to other situations. Scaffolding strategies should be assimilated into the learning environment to help pupils develop their ability to reflect on their own learning and should develop some reflective strategies for enhancing self-empowerment of higher secondary school pupils. Questioning Techniques. (Questioning is an essential tool for developing reflective thinking skills) Student led discussions, Inquiry-based learning, Collaboration. and Problem-based learning are some of the strategies used for enhancing self-empowerment of higher secondary school students. If student develops reflective thinking skill definitely the student will be good communicator, creative thinker, open-minded person, ability to face any problems and eager to ask thoughtful questions.