Explain How Personal Learning And Development May Benefit Others

Evaluate how personal learning and development may benefit other

Who are others * Not specifically about you – about others in general * Others – people who use the service / people in your organisation team (manager, supervisor, people you work with alongside) / people in the wider multi disciplinary or multi professional team / people in your personal life

What is personal learning and development) * Your journey to gain more skills and greater self awareness * Reflection * Research * Feedback
Self reflection * Tools to help * ‘I have watched and listened to others and thought about how I can improve and why this will help others’ * Performance appraisal process which is Review – plan – develop
– perform – assess – review – plan – etc * The Johari window * Known to others and known to self – open * Known to others but not known to self – blind * Not known to others but known to self – hidden * Not known to others and not known to self – unknown * A theory which helps you to understand the importance of reflecting on feedback
Do I really know myself that well * I only know half there is to know about myself.
I portray an image which I have learnt is me (till today) * And * Half of that I try to hide from other people because I think they wont like it or because it makes me feel vulnerable * I do something or learn about it – wow I can do it well (or even better) or understand it – then I realise there is more to learn if I want others to have the best I can offer – I use my observations / self reflections / feedback from others / own research – to improve
How does listening and responding to verbal and non-verbal feedback benefit others in your professional and indeed personal life * You can make yourself better at something (develop) * Helps you build trust * Meets needs if you listen to what they are saying * ‘potholes’ of always responding to feedback * Could give you dismissive feedback due to wrong timing * Wrong feedback as person not
listening * Personal baggage – could take it out on you * Is this fair feedback * Dress example – just trying to move along the journey – trying to be nice to you so that no problems are caused. * Are they moving on? Are they improving?
Kolb’s learning cycle * Concrete experience (doing/having an experience) – * lessons / placement / work / personal life / family life * Reflective observation (reviewing/reflecting on the experience) – * Thinking experiences through – positives and areas for development in relation to your performance * Researching around the topic in question – linking theory to experience * Abstract Conceptualisation (concluding / learning from the experience) * Drawing own conclusions based on both experience and reflection which are based on sound evidence – not emotive conclusions but thought through and rational ones * Active experimentation (planning / trying out what you have learned * Learning from the experience * Putting into practise what you have learned so that you continue to develop skills, knowledge and understanding * Concrete experience * Reflective observation * Etc in the cycle
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* IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT 1. etc 2. I use this reflection to improve again 3. I reflect again on this approach 4. I try out my new approach to doing new things 5. I use this reflection and research to improve my knowledge or skills so that next time I do this I am more effective and so others benefit 6. I reflect on what I did or saw and try to connect it to my existing knowledge or find out more through research by asking appropriate people; looking in books or journals; using the internet 7. I do something or see something – e.g. in practical sessions or in placement, or I do an activity in class to reinforce a new idea
How does your ability to self-reflect benefit others * Think about the cycle and come up with 6 ideas * Again consider the need to change – are there occasions where self reflection will mean that you do not change how you do things * How does this help others – because you have/are/a * Better understanding of needs of others * Better team worker * Better communicator * More skilful in techniques * Better empathy * More effective * Better attitude or approach (confidence/patience/abrupt/shy)