March, 2020

CP Reflective Project
Quick Start Guide
What is the reflective project?

● One of the four core components of

the IB Career-related Programme
● Minimum of 50 hours
● Option 1: 3000-word essay
● Option 2: 1500 to 2000-word research
paper + an alternative format
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CP Reflective Project Quick Start Guide

Why should you do a reflective project?

● Prepare you for college/university

● Conduct your own personal research
● Pursue your own passions and
interests
● Develop your organizational and
time management skills

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CP Reflective Project Quick Start Guide

What are the steps of the reflective project?
● Choose your issue or ethical dilemma
● Establish a research question
● Conduct research
● Collect evidence of different perspectives
● Organize your ideas and write your draft
● Self-assess and discuss your draft with
your supervisor
● Make necessary changes
● Submit your final reflective project to
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CP Reflective Project Quick Start Guide

Meeting with your reflective project supervisor

Your supervisor will help you:

● Plan a timeline
● Devise a well-formulated and focused
research question
● Advise you on appropriate citing and
referencing
● Suggest research methods and
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CP Reflective Project Quick Start Guide

How do you find a topic?

Your topic should:

● Connect to your career-related study
● Be interesting to you
● Have two or more conflicting moral
points of view

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CP Reflective Project Quick Start Guide

What should you include in your reflection?

● Challenges you have overcome during

the process
● How you overcame them
● What you have learned

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CP Reflective Project Quick Start Guide

How will the reflective project be assessed?
Criterion Description

This will assess your research methods and relevant information

A: Focus and Method
or data that you have gathered.

This will assess your ability to contextualise the ethical dilemma

B: Knowledge and Understanding
you have chosen and your analysis of different perspectives.

This criterion concerns your ability to interpret, analyse and

C: Critical Thinking
evaluate material.

This assesses your ability to present a structured and coherent

D: Communication
project.

E: Engagement and Reflections on This will assess your ability to reflect upon and refine the
Planning and Progress research process.

CP Reflective Project Quick Start Guide