Reflecting on ‘Reflective practice’ By: Linda Finlay‚ Phd‚ BA(Hons)‚ DipCOT “Maybe reflective practices offer us a way of trying to make sense of the uncertainty in our workplaces and the courage to work competently and ethically at the edge of order and chaos…” (Ghaye‚ 2000‚ p.7) Reflective practice has burgeoned over the last few decades throughout various fields of professional practice and education. In some professions it has become one of the defining features of competence‚ even if on occasion
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Using reflective practice into courses The definition of “reflective practice”: “Reflective practice” is defined as framing and revising questions to get a deep insight of an issue and have better understanding of it. Using reflective practice into courses: To reach the aim of the course‚ some methods related to reflective practice which the article talks about can be used when we are doing group works for an essay or analyzing a business case individually. Firstly
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understanding of reflective practice through analysis of critical incidents that have impacted on your professional practice. Introduction 225-360 = 463 This assignment will critically reflect on an incident that occurred during a recent placement in a Year two class. It will begin by defining reflective practice with reference to the use of models and theories associated with this term. It will also consider some of the difficulties associated with critical reflection during professional practice. The critical
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Reflective practice – A tool for learning Introduction/Rationale When something goes wrong or something unexpected happens during a lesson or activity‚ we ask ourselves questions such as‚ could I have done something to avoid it? These experiences usually make us grow and we learn from experience‚ and we will be better prepared to face the situation if it happened again. This introspection is generally called “reflection”‚ and all professionals have adopted it in order to improve their practice
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A load of research has been done on learning and reflective practice and its effectiveness on the practitioners and one of the first people to research reflective Practice was Donald Schon in his book “The Reflective Practitioner” in 1983. Schon was an influential writer on reflection and had two main ways of identifying reflection and they were reflection in action and reflection on action. “The practitioner allows himself to experience surprise‚ puzzlement‚ or confusion in a situation which he
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relation to reflective practice (Dewey‚ 1938; Kolb‚ 1984; Schön‚ 1981; Pollard 2008; Moon 1999). From this it could be argued that reflective practice in its simplest terms is looking back on a situation either at the time or a later date to critically analyse that event in terms of what went well‚ what can be improved and the overall outcome of that situation. Teachers have become comfortable with the idea of reflective practice through Donald Schon’s (1983) compositions about reflective practitioners
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could have been different. Reflective practice requires a conscious effort to think about events and develop insight into them. (Mirco‚ C & Hodgins‚ L.‚ Personal Communications‚ October 16th‚ 2015) This reflective practice process is important in the working world to fix mistakes and prevent them from happening again. Firstly‚ reflective practice plays an important role in one’s professional and personal life. It helps us develop different methods
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The importance of reflective practice. Reflective practice is the ability to constantly monitor one ’s own performance in a given role and make adjustments where necessary. For me reflective practice is particularly important because no two clients will ever be the same and it is vitally important to remain reactive and reflective at all times. Reflective practice has been demonstrated to have significant benefits when it comes to the delivery of client-centred care‚ and can help me to ensure
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GUIDE ON REFLECTIVE PRACTICE Reflective practice is the process of looking back on the work you have previously done in order to get better understanding of yourself‚ how you work‚ your thoughts‚ feelings and anything you can learn from those experiences‚ whether good or bad. It is a way of learning by reviewing and thinking back over a situation or an activity. As a result you can identify your strengths and weaknesses and start working on improving yourself. Most of the time you do some form
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Reflective practice is having the capacity to reflect on your own actions. Which may mean taking the informal route that involves questioning yourself to develop your awareness of your own assumptions and thoughts or you could take the more formal route by drawing on research and theory that creates guidance and structure for good practice. This involves reviewing an experience analyzing evaluating and using it to change future outcomes. ‘By engaging in reflection people are usually engaging in a
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