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Reflection Document - Thesis Work

The thesis work is an independent work performed at the end of the education and where the acquired knowledge and skills are applied and used. The thesis work also signifues a deepening within the field of education. The objectives of the Master's thesis are described in the syllabus.

In addition to the written report, a reflective discussion paper must be provided to the examiner. Here, the thesis work should be put in relation to the knowledge and skills acquired during the education. Each student should submit a discussion paper.

The purposes of the reflection document are:

• to reflect on how the individual skills have developed during the thesis work.
• to provide the examiner and the programme board with feedback on how well the process of doing a thesis has worked and how the student's own contribution has affected the implementation and outcome.
• to provide feedback to the program board for how well the educational program has succeeded in its task to ensure that the objectives of the program are met

Instructions for writing reflection paper

The following topics / areas are to be included in the reflection document

Reflection on how the thesis work relates to the goals of the programme

How does your thesis relate to the educational goals of the programme?
The goals are described in the programme syllabus

(For Swedish engineering degree programmes ('Civilingenjör' or 'Högskoleingenjör') see also the goals (in Swedish) of the LiTH-engineer or LiTH-graduate engineers.)

Reflection on your own work

• Planning

  Did the planning provide good support for the implementation? Was enough time put on planning? Were the preconditions satisfactory for the work? The thesis work should correspond to a particular workload, (1.5 credits = one week of full-time job), how well does this correspond to your efforts?

• Implementation and report writing

  Was the disposal of time for writing satisfactory? What was problematic and why? What went better than expected and why?

  Were you adequately prepared to write adegree work report? Did you have sufficent langauge skills (English o, other language=)Are you sattisfied with the way you mnaged to carry out yout thesis work?

  In case the thesis work was carried out together with another student, describe how you divided the work wbeteen you. was the cooperation positive or negativem in what way? Reflect on the amount of independence in the thesis work.

Reflection on the subject content, knowledge, skills and attitudes most useful for the completion of the thesis work

What areas and course modules of the education have been most useful for the thesis work, and what new knowledge and skills have been necessary to complement with to carry out the work? Do you feel well prepared for your future career?

Administrative

The student must send the reflection document electronically to the examiner. In addition to reporting in LADOK, the examiner should ensure that the reflection document is sent electronically to the administrative coordinator of the programme board responsible for the degree which the thesis is to be included in.