1. Reflective
Learning

2. Reflection 1. What is reflection? 2. Reflection- why bother?
3. How do I reflect?
4. When do I reflect?
5. How do I write reflectively?

3. 1. What is reflection?
The “purposeful deliberate act of inquiry into one’s thoughts and actions….” through which “a thoughtful, reasoned response might be tested out”. [ Laughran,J. 1995]

4. The “purposeful deliberate act of inquiry (review & evaluation) into one’s thoughts and actions….” through which “a thoughtful, reasoned response (change) might be tested out”. [ Laughran,J. 1995]

5. Skills for improving ( Teacher) performance

6. Planned modification of
Kolb:
Concrete experience
Reflection on
experience
Integrate
change
Planned modification of
behaviour .

7. Helps us
understand
what lies
beneath the
surface.

8. Functions of reflective practice:
To review and evaluate experience
Your thoughts and feelings
Your performance/behaviour
The impact on others
Your motives
Short term and long term consequences
To use that to your planning of your future development
Important component of CPD process
Useful for challenging stereotypical thinking
To take on role of managing (supervising) yourself?
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9. 2. Reflection: why bother?
Widen perspectives on a problem (broaden knowledge)
Develop strategies for dealing with it (develop skills)
Acquire insights into behaviour (change attitudes)

10. 3. How do I reflect? Personal quiet reflection
One to One or Reflective Groups
Lecturer and student
Peer group discussion
Free-ranging or Structured
Coffee time chat
Tutorial
Other oral or written methods
Reflective essays

11. A-Personal quiet reflection

12. B-One to One or Reflective Groups .
Lecturer and student
Peer group discussion

13. C-Free-ranging or Structured
Coffee time chat
Tutorial

14. D-Oral, written, thought...
Reflective diaries and essays
Sitting in lectures
….during
….after
…before

15. 4. When do I reflect? Anticipatory Retrospective Contemporaneous
– what am I going to do?
Retrospective
– what did I do?
Contemporaneous
- what am I doing?

16. 5. How do I write reflectively?
-Unstructured
Free writing and reflecting
Recording and record-keeping
Structured
Autobiographical writing
Exercises/ Questions to answer
Portfolios- additional documents
Other contents of portfolios may include graphic material, stories, poems, course programs etc.
Show workbook sheets of free writing/structure. Possibly give example re video phobia
Double entry journal – one page free text – stream of consciousness. Other page some sort of structured reflection

17. Reflective Diary Template:
DESCRIBE
What happened during the session
FEELINGS
What did I think about how the session went
EVALUATION
What went well/Not too well
ANALYSIS
What sense can I make of the situation
CONCLUSION
What else could I have done
ACTION PLAN
What will I do differently next time

18. What did end of year reflection enable?
Organisation of thoughts
Think more widely and deeply about what went on and why
Identification of areas for improvement
Development of teaching skills
Continuous improvement
Encouraged to learn from the experience

19. Reflection is not…...

20. Reflection is….

21. In REFLECTION be like a diamond:
A diamond has a very low critical angle.
Very little light passes through a diamond.
Most is reflected on attempting to leave the other side.

22. The more you reflect the more you
“sparkle”.