Project Summary: The Process of Reflection Reflection is a cognitive process that promotes self-awareness and encourages self-assessment. The cognitive process of reflecting on one’s authentic knowledge, practice, and beliefs/attitudes is important to developing professionalism. Reflection allows one to think critically about one’s ability to effectively join content knowledge with practice to reach diverse populations of learners. Your papers should be used to stimulate your critical thinking skills, understand the issues around sexuality, and better understand your own opinions or biases surrounding these topics.