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100AEE Reflective Practice
100AEE Reflective Practice
Aims
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.
Scope
What
Why Reflect?
Effective learning is an active process. Enables the evaluation of learning. Highlights opportunities for improvement. Encourages Deep rather than Surface learning. Allows for a professional approach to personal development. Reinforces and contextualises learning and experiences.
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
Identify weaknesses and gaps in your knowledge. 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
Gibbs(1988) Model
Description What happened? Action plan If it arose again what would you do? Feelings What were you thinking and feeling?
Conclusion What else could you have done? Analysis What sense can you make of the situation?
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
Reflective Writing
These
assignments ask you to evaluate and write your responses to an experience. may need to describe the experience, but this is not the reflection. is about making links between the experience, yourself and concepts or theories.
You
Reflection
Differences
Reflective Writing Personal You can use the first person Give personal feelings and views Bring in the subjective Academic Writing Objective You do not usually use the first person Construct an argument based on analysis and evidence Maintain an objective stance
Similarities
Reflective Writing Personal Include a clear introduction Give your main insight Academic Writing Objective Include a clear introduction Give a clear thesis statement Divide the main body into sub-sections
reflective analysis can lead to good reflective writing. analysis can be organised into
Reflective
four steps:
Identify aspect to reflect on Start to reflect on the experience Analyse the experience Reflect forward
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 your personal and professional learning.
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
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
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.
Dont
Reflection contains some description, but is mainly an exploration and an explanation of events
Be
Honest
Good reflective writing involves revealing anxieties, errors and weaknesses, as well as strengths and successes.
selective
Select the most significant parts of the experience or event. Including the whole story will result in a description rather than interpretation.
Learn
Reflective writing should apply learning to an experience, and then experience to learning. It is useful to reflect forward to the future as well as reflecting back on the past
About PDP
Personal Development Planning (PDP):
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 development requirements of their relevant accrediting body e.g., RAeS, IET, IMechE. Links to the guidance documents or websites for these institutions are on Moodle.
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.
ANY QUESTIONS ?
Further reading:
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