Critical Reflection on “The role of peer and tutor feedback in learning”

In Effective Communication module, there are allocated sessions for peer and tutor feedback in presentations and writing reports. Initially, I was not optimistic towards this feedback system as it was the first time being introduced to me as part of a module. However, after going through several sessions, I felt that the receiving feedback helps to foster learning autonomy. Being able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of my performance from others allow self-improvement and determine whether my writing is clear, accurate and effective. It offers a guidance in addressing and correcting my mistakes so that I will not commit the same mistake again.

More importantly, I came to realise that providing feedback is more beneficial to learning process as it helps me to develop writing skills and improve on content understanding. By reviewing my peers’ work, I have learnt to read and analyse their mistakes which in turn act as a form of reminder that I should not make those mistakes as well and subsequently, formulate and provide constructive feedback on strategies to tackle the weak points. 

Coupled with the language and organization skills learnt in this module, I believe that they are essential for future assignments, especially when it comes to writing reports or essays. English still plays an important role in providing readers a clear understanding of the contents in reports. Apart from the skills learnt in this module, I believe that peer and tutor feedback helps to further improve writing skills and create opportunities for self-improvement. However, it is unsure whether there will be such feedback sessions in subsequent modules. Perhaps, I can be proactive and initiate a mini feedback session with my peers. Only then, I will be able to constantly improve in writing.