100AEE Reflective Practice

7/28/2019 100AEE Reflective Practice

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100AEE:

Core Skills Lectures


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Reflective Writing &

Practice

Acknowledgement:This presentation was produced with the assistance and guidance from the Centre for

Academic Writing at Coventry University, including the permission to reproduce parts of a

reflective writing workshop presentation by Holly Vass.


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Aims

To raise students awareness of what

constitutes reflective writing and the

benefits of reflective practice.

To introduce students to the

requirements of a personaldevelopment plan and 100AEE

assignment.


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Scope

What is reflection?

Why reflect?

Reflective writingBasic tips


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What is meant by

reflection?[The] consideration of an experience, or of learning,

so as to enhance understanding or inform action.

[] It is thus part of what drives successful

professional activity, enabling it to progress, grow,respond to new ideas and introduce innovation.

(Fry, et al. 2009)

Turning experience into learning(Boud, et al. 1985)


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Why Reflect?

Effective learning is an active process.

Enables the evaluation of learning.

Highlights opportunities for improvement.

Encourages Deep rather than Surfacelearning.

Allows for a professional approach to

personal development. Reinforces and contextualises learning and

experiences.


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Reflection Allows You To:

Make connections between;

What you already know

What you are learning

Theory Practice

What you are doing

How and why you do it. How could you do it better.

Deep learning


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Reflection Allows You To:

Identify weaknesses and gaps in yourknowledge.

Construct questions you have to fill those

gaps. Understand what you have yet to learn.

Avoid repeating mistakes.

Identify successful processes to use again.

Become a reflective professional


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Gibbs(1988) Model

DescriptionWhat

happened?

Action planIf it arose again

what

would you do?

FeelingsWhat were you

thinking and

feeling?

ConclusionWhat else could

youhave done?

EvaluationWhat was good

andbad about the

experience?

AnalysisWhat sense canyou make of the

situation?


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Reflective Writing

Reflective writing is a type of assessment that goes

by many names:

Journal or diary entries

Portfolios (PDP)

Narratives

Reflections on practice or placements

Blogs Peer reviews

Self assessment


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Reflective Writing

These assignments ask you to evaluateand write your responses to anexperience.

You may need to describe the experience,but this is not the reflection.

Reflection is about making links betweenthe experience, yourselfand conceptsortheories.


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Differences

Reflective Writing Academic Writing

Personal Objective

You can use the first

person

You do not usually use

the first person

Give personal feelingsand views

Construct an argumentbased on analysis and

evidence

Bring in the subjective Maintain an objective

stance

Draw upon your ownexperience

Use information from avariety of sources

State your main insights

based on experience

Present a balanced

perspective


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Similarities

Reflective Writing Academic Writing

Personal Objective

Include a clear

introduction

Include a clear

introduction

Give your main insight Give a clear thesisstatement

Structure the main body

to demonstrate the

reflective process

Divide the main body into

sub-sections

Draw upon literature Draw upon literature

Include a clear

conclusion

Include a clear

conclusion


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Stages in Reflective

AnalysisGood reflective analysis can lead to good

reflective writing.

Reflective analysis can be organised intofour steps:

Identify aspect to reflect on

Start to reflect on the experience Analyse the experience

Reflect forward


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Step One: Identify Aspects to

Reflect On

Focus on an experience or event

Identify what was outstanding ormeaningful, negative or positive?

A critical incident Does not need to be a dramatic event

An incident which has significance for you.

Often an event which made you stop and think

One that raised questions for you.

An incident which had a significant impact on yourpersonal and professional learning.


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Critical Incidents May

Include: An aspect of your project or group work that went

particularly well

An aspect of your project or group work that

proved difficult A piece of work that you found particularly

demanding

A piece of work which increased your awareness,

or challenged your understanding. An incident involving conflict, hostility, aggression

or criticism


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Technical /academic

components Social /group components Individual/selfcomponents What worked and why? What problem-solving

techniques did your

team use?

What didnt work and

why?

What theories were

applied /tested/

evaluated?

What was your

evaluation of the overall

product or report?

How did the teamperform and why (group

dynamics)?

How did the team

handle -negotiating

tasks, conflict

resolution? Could it be

done better? How?

Did peer assisted

learning take place?

Why/why not?

What did I learn? How did I learn it?

What could I do more

effectively to support

my individual learning,

my team, my

colleagues learning?

How did I feel during

the project and why?

How did it affect my

behaviour?

Step Two: Start to Reflect on

the Experience or EventAsk yourself some questions about theexperience or event from different perspectives.


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Step Three: Analyse the

Experience or Event

Conduct an evaluation / critical analysis

Give meaning to your findings in step 2.

Could require further research to gain better

understanding.

How has your knowledge understanding been

changed.

Identify a changed conceptual perspective; a different way of looking at the situation than

before you started reflection on it


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Step Four: Reflect Forward

Plan what you would do if you were ever in asimilar situation

Identify what changes you would make if you

faced the situation again.

Identify any areas you need to learn about to

better deal with a similar situation.

You may be required to come up with an

action plan.


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Tips for effective

reflection Keep notes

Keep track of your thoughts, ideas, problems, andsolutions regularly

Dont just describe Reflection contains some description, but is mainly an

explorationand an explanationof events

Be Honest Good reflective writing involves revealing anxieties,

errorsandweaknesses, as well as strengthsandsuccesses.


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Tips for effective

reflection Be selective

Select the most significant parts of the experience orevent.

Including the whole story will result in a descriptionrather than interpretation.

Learn Reflective writing should apply learning to an

experience, and then experience to learning. It is useful to reflect forwardto the future as well as

reflecting back on the past


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Personal Development Planning (PDP):

Enhances and supports your experience as astudent.

By engaging in PDP you will be reviewing, buildingand reflecting on your personal and educational

development.

Encourages you to take a step back and reflect onwhat you have achieved in a structured way. It also

involves clearly identifying your goals and planning

the steps you need to take to accomplish them.

About PDP


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100AEE coursework

Each student on 100AEE is tasked with starting a Personal

Development Portfolio

DEADLINE MONDAY 11th MARCH 2013, 16:00

Portfolio must be created and submitted using the submission link in Moodle.This will be available from the week before the deadline (Monday 4th March).

Through the development process, students may have created their PDPs in

various formats (ePortfolio, Blog, simple word document) so each individual

will need to follow the relevant instructions for their format.

Students are also asked to be mindful of the professional developmentrequirements of their relevant accrediting body e.g., RAeS, IET, IMechE.

Links to the guidance documents or websites for these institutions are on

Moodle.


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Aim

To raise students awareness of what

constitutes reflective writing and the

benefits of reflective practice.

To introduce students to the

requirements of a personal

development plan and 100AEE

assignment.


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ANY QUESTIONS?


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Book:

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge,

Stephanie Marshall. ISBN: 978-0-415-43464-5 (available in library)

The Good Study Guide,Andrew Northedge. ISBN: 0 7492 5974 4 (available in

library)

eLearning resources:

Centre for Academic writing-

https://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.a

spx

Report writing-

http://www.coventry.ac.uk/swift/~csx067/rept_wrt/index.html

Further reading:
https://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttp://www.coventry.ac.uk/swift/~csx067/rept_wrt/index.htmlhttp://www.coventry.ac.uk/swift/~csx067/rept_wrt/index.htmlhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspxhttps://students.coventry.ac.uk/CentreforAcademicWriting/Pages/Handouts.aspx

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