Reflective Learning Notes / Theories

Greenaway

Greenaway outined 3 simple steps to help learn from experience; these area a reflective cycle 'plan-do-review' (Burton translates this as 'what-so what-now what'
To yo, as practitioners working with critical incidents the inital "PLAN" element may not apply; you will probably start with "DO".

1. DO - have an experience

2. REVIEW - review what happened and what can be learned

3. PLAN - plan a way to approach the next round of experience


BOULD

Bould's model of refelction draws heavily on the realm of feelings; the model is cyclicla with the product of a cycle being the 'outcome'

EXPERIENCE

Behaviour
Ideas
Feelings

REFLECTION

Return to experience
Attend to feelings
Re-evaluate experience

n.b cylical process between Experience and Reflection

OUTCOME

New Perspectives
Change in behaviuor
Application of learning
Action

Schon

Schon identifies two kinds of reflection

1. Reflection-in-action- this is reflecting on the hood, where you reflect your actions dusing an event... this isn't going well; what can I do now to improve things? This is going well; how can I maintain the momentum> You are hawk like; sharp eyed, making informed decisions based on intuitive split second reflections.

2. Reflection-on-action- this is retrospective reflection, you refelct on actions that have already occurred, ususallu, but not always, fairly soon after the event.
Things that didn't go well; what can I do next time to improve things?
That went well; how can I make use of what I ahve learned?

You recall incidents and chew the cud, ruminating in depth on how you can improve your practice. You may mull something over spontaneously while traveling ot resting or you may put specific time aside and formally structure your reflections.


As Practioners you might try and record an event where you are aware of reflecting in action, then also apply retrospective reflection to the same event, this would provide a comparison and assist in analysing the value of Schon's thoughts.

Gibbs

Gibbs identified a series of 6 steps to aid reflective practice, these elements make up a cycle that can be applied over and over.

Description - what happened?
Feelings - what were you thinking and feeling?
Evaluation - what was good and bad about the experience?
Analysis - what sense can you make of the situation?
Conclusion - what else could you have done?
Action Plan - what will you do next time?

Unlike many other models (with the exception of Boud) Gibnbs takes in to account the realm of feelings and emotions which played a part in a particular event.

Kolb

Kolb suggested that experience alone does not provide a sufficient learning experience in many situations, "there are many example where experience alone is not sufficient for meeting particular learning goals. In such situations , it seems to work better if the raw experience is packaged together with facilitated exercises which involve thinking, discussing or creatively processing cognitions and emotions realted to the raw experience.

Kolb suggested greater structure in reflection: "This model suggests that a participant has a Concrete Experience, followed by Reflective Observation, then the formation of ABstract Conceptualizations before finally conducting Active Experimentation to test out the newly developed principle" (Neill, 2004)

Module 3

Ok feeling a little less panicked now.

Well only 95% panic but hey it's a reduction.

I've read and read and read the LA's for this module now need to start reading the reference material.

Thank the lord for my fellow researchers who are very supportive and more than willing to help me get up to speed.

Damn I can't wait until I get these 3 years out of the way.