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Often there is so much going on in our lives that we become overwhelmed and unable to make a conscious effort to reflect upon our actions or thoughts at the end of the day. I think I will start practising reflection on a daily basis by jotting down some keywords or phrases on paper as soon as practicably possible during the day so that I won't forget them. These words or phrases could possibly further develop into longer passages (e.g. in the form of journal entries).

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Hampe's (2013) article highlights the ease in which one can reflect on their workplace practices. The vocabulary aide is especially useful and prompts inner dialogue about how we currently perform and help to identify areas for improvement. I can see how this will be useful not only in my current role, but also in future roles as an information specialist.

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Reflecting in practice- strategy for a new job.

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Reflecting in practice- strategy for a new job.

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This article is extremely useful and simple to follow. I can see myself using it in my new job to improve my work practice. I am keen to use the simple model by Driscoll. It is something that I also believe could be give to the students I tutor at the university here. What, So what, Now what. Excellent.

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Extending reflective practices to the workplace

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Extending reflective practices to the workplace

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As someone who practices meditation and mindfulness, and therefore somewhat familiar with the practices Hampe was discussing in the article, I am looking forward to extending this practice into the workplace. I recognise that I have perfectionist tendencies and that I am also self-conscious of how others perceive me. This means I would stew on things for hours on end - not being able to let go of my thoughts because I was being highly critical of myself. I am hoping that by continually doing these reflective practices, I will be able to be kinder to myself and become more objective about things.

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Reflection is an integral part of the self discovery process, and should be used on as many occasions as possible. It has the capacity to assist you in understanding your strengths, weaknesses, and how well you're developing. Furthermore, by self-assessing your experiences and learning, you are directing yourself to more positive and beneficial outcomes in life and learning. Thus, reflecting on our experiences is, in reflection, awesome!

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Previously I haven't undertaken reflection in a positive way, and instead only reflected on events in a way that has been mostly detrimental in my learning. This has essentially meant that I've actively tried not to reflect as I haven't been focusing on what I can learn from the event and how I can put that learning into action. My focus needs to be on the 'now what' as stated by Driscoll (1994) in order to progress in my learning from experiences. I believe this will enable my confidence to grow in all areas of life.

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I am a very self conscious person focussed on what impression I am creating on others through out my interactions. I will try the approach in reflective practice to reduce this overthinking about my image. I find the vocabulary aid quite interesting as it helps to easily start reflective sentences.

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While I'm always seeking improvement in myself and my work, I would like to more actively incorporate reflective practice in my development, particularly by writing down my thoughts. I often try to leave my work stress/problems at work so that I can feel more relaxed in my personal time, and I can see now that including reflective practice in my work could also help me with this.

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I am starting a new job in a library this week and I am aiming to use Hampe's ideas around reflective practice when I begin. I will make a conscious effort this week to consider my role and my feelings and perceptions around the role. I will think about the new information that I am learning and reflect on how I could teach what I am learning to someone else. I will examine my work for strengths and weaknesses as a way of improving into the future.

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I sometimes think about my performance at work and how I could have avoided a certain situation if I'd approached it in a different manner, or I realise I'd forgotten to do something. I also do this with assignments, thinking about what I need to improve on to get a better mark next time.

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I have struggled in the past with being self-conscious and also over-thinking. This would often spiral into me feeling paralysed and trapped in whatever situation or circumstance I was in. I have since learned how to recognise which things were out of control and which things I could actually do something about. I really appreciated how a healthy approach to reflection and reflective practices was proposed by Hampe for it to be a healthy way to build upon knowledge.  I appreciated that the approach to failure or less than ideal outcomes is to come up with future action which can lead to growth and learning rather than focusing on the failure itself, which leads to paralysis and self-doubt.

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Having had to complete many reflective pieces in my bachelors degree and at work I feel having read this article with the brilliant vocabulary aid would have come in handy many times. I feel my job contains lots of reflection sometimes to the detriment of sleep when you cant switch off the reflectiveness. Looking forward to exploring this new career path and especially the practical subjects which hopefully through the reflective process can help guide me into which area I wish to specialise.

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Hampe's article (2013) gave an official definition to something that I try to do on a personal level once a week - reflect.
For this purpose, I have reflection/gratitude journal that I write in every Sunday to make sense of what has happened in my life during the last seven days. It really helps to put things in perspective and think logically about situations that may have been challenging while they were happening. Even more so, it allows me to also acknowledge the good and positive when it is very easy to get bogged down by the things that went wrong instead.

The article has also highlighted for me that while I engage in reflective practice in my work occasionally, usually reflection-after-action, I do not do it in any formal way like actually writing down thoughts and feelings and lessons learned.
My workplace in itself also does not have a structured integration of reflective practice and by reading this, I can definitely see the professional development and growth advantages of incorporating it into our practices.

To aid in my learning process through this course, I also now want create a weekly reflection ritual to aid in the retention of the readings and help me understand the content on a deeper level.

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I'm bad at reflection. I avoid it. I find other things to do. And when I try to do it I find everything I write down sounds fake. As a result it was interesting to read the article by Hampe. So my challenge is not committing to reflect, it's managing to make it genuine. I cycle a lot, a real lot and often I find myself with a clear head during this time and able to reflect effectively. I think that I need to find a way to capture these reflections. That's my challenge.

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It was interesting to read this article as it perfectly complements what I have been striving to do at work - to examine where my skills and weaknesses lie and plan how I will develop over the next year.  By reflecting on daily interactions with clients and how I performed tasks, I will be able to appreciate the 'Now What?' I feel I may struggle to incorporate reflective practice on a daily basis at home, buy will try to schedule it weekly, to take time to consider what I have read and learned during the week.

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I think that I have frequently, but informally, reflected on both previous work and study, however I have not spent much time on reflective writing. I feel having more structure around my reflection will increase what I learn from situations and also will help make my reflections more objective by looking at the situation as a whole. I think that the most important aspect of reflection is the learning aspect. Even if a situation went well, I can take the parts that went well and apply them to future situations.

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Reflective process can be used to process an event from differing perspectives, by doing this it helps me see things from another view point. This can help me see things from others point of view.

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Reflective process can be used to process an event from differing perspectives, by doing this it helps me see things from another view point. This can help me see things from others point of view.

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Reflective Practice in Everyday Activities

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Reflective Practice in Everyday Activities

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Reading such a carefully and beautifully structured article on reflective practice showed me that I engage in moments where I reflect upon all that I have learnt in distinctly small and separate blocks throughout the day. Although not a particularly analytical way of approaching the practice, I find I engage in it more frequently and more effectively by asking myself critical questions on my walk home each afternoon, as I have my cup of tea etc.

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I have long been considering adding a reflective practice to my professional practice, with a mind to having experiences to draw from in situations like performance reviews and job interviews, but Hampe (2013)’s article has helped me realise the potential for learning and personal growth which could be achieved through such a practice as well. I have already come up against barriers, such as those touched upon in the article, for doing this, chiefly time and motivation, but on reflection I know these are not insurmountable.

I believe too that reflecting upon readings such as I’m doing now would also be beneficial to me, as I often feel that the things I read online go in one virtual ear and out the other. Taking time to consider what I am reading and what I can learn from it would help me retain the information, and benefit from the knowledge.

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As a former teacher and life long journal keeper, reflecting on my experiences is an everyday part of life. Personally and professionally, maintaining a reflective practice through journalling has allowed me to identify my strengths, weaknesses and areas for growth. Although I haven't used any one particular model for reflective writing, I liked the model by Driscoll. It seems like it would guide people to make honest and relevant reflections on their experiences and direct their growth.

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Moving beyond relegating reflection as an afterthought 

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Moving beyond relegating reflection as an afterthought 

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As commented by several others already I have been aware of the need to include reflective practice in my work for awhile but have not really been able to structure the time to do it. Reading the piece by Hampe has helped my clarify how I might build this into schedule in a meaningful way. I have identified that two strategies will help to do this - having it in my work schedule and having a simple template to follow. This semester I will keep a reflective practice journal that I will write in after my lunch break. I have made a quick template to follow and I will check back in with how it has worked out turning the mid-semester break.

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Reflection

By using reflective practice daily during my studies, as part of the MIS program, and my professional full-time employment I will create learnings and improvements for myself. The reflection will enable my personal development; a deeper understanding of situations (from my personal experience but also others); and a greater perspective. Hopefully with this practice I will be a better student and professional, but also recognise my strengths and therefore build my confidence. Further, reflective practice will develop and improve  my skills to analyse situations in the 'performance' stage and eventually see me improve during the 'forethought' phase, as described in Hampe (2013).

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Reflecting on the Practice of Reflection

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Reflecting on the Practice of Reflection

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My ideas are not necessarily the same as others - when I reflect on something I have learned or done, I think how it went, whether it was successful in its aim and to what degree of success, and then how I can improve my learning and doing to create a better outcome for all involved.  Reflecting on how to reflect ensures I know precisely what I am trying to determine, and why it is useful for me to discover this information and put it into my own practice. It requires that I think logically and strategically about actions and consequences, and how it impacts both workplace content and personal relationships within the workplace, and it places my efforts into context within my working environment.

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This made me think not just about my passion in regard to the information studies area but also my current workplace profession. What it made me realise is that in the workplace you can work on continuously increase your skill level by continuous improvement. The issue is that if you do this in isolation you do not pick up the additional benefits of reflective practice. This allows you to take on board other interactions and communications with peers etc and this will allow you to actively engage in reflective practice. A light bulb went on reading this.

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Going forward, I would like integrate reflective practices into my reading, and management of my tiny community library. I want to do short reflective passages after I complete the readings for classes so the learning is more deeply integrated. I think it would be helpful to do after study sessions in general too,

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While reading through the article I realised the different stages of reflection and how important it is. Reflection is not simply about your feelings after a task has been completed.
Overall, I found that I get stuck in the forethought, or the "Reflection- For- Action" stage, and it has an impact on my work. Reading this article has made me realise that deeper reflection is important not only to my work, but also to my well-being. I hope that by taking these principles into a future career I am able to find more perspective.

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Reflective Practice in a Library setting

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Reflective Practice in a Library setting

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In my other career reflective practice is a structured part of work, but I had never really undertake reflective practice in a structured way through my library career.

Looking back I can see where I have undertaken reflective practice in an informal way and can also see where reflective practice would have been useful in working through situations.

I can see that the cycle and vocab aid will be really useful tools as I undertake this course and also in being more deliberate in reflecting on my library work.

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This article made me primarily reflect on my career to date. In particular, it prompted me to reflect on the many professional decisions and experiences I have engaged in over the last 10 years, and how this has led to my current role. I also reflected on these experiences to think about my career going forward and where my studies and interests might lead me in future. I suppose this falls under the concepts of 'Reflection-on-action' and 'Reflection-for-action', as described by Hampe (2013).

Overall, I feel that I often practice reflective thinking in my everyday life, particularly as it relates to my current role, but also in my personal life concerning my friends, family, and personal pursuits. However, these reflections tend to be characterised by negative thoughts and self-doubt and so Hampe's encouragement to focus on personal strengths is something I also need to incorporate.

Using a more formal style of reflective practice such as writing/journaling may also be beneficial so that I may better structure my thoughts and feelings, and have a permanent record to refer back to later in life.

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Working in a public library as an Outreach Services Officer, I encounter situations on a daily basis that require reflection.

When running programs and events, it's so  important to look back on what you did to understand what went well, what didn't, and think about what changes could or need to be made for the future. Combining this with feedback from others, or group discussions with staff (e.g.  after event debriefing), helps a lot too. Myself and the rest of our team document our reflective evaluations with session and event plans to ensure we follow through with suggestions for the future and to assist other staff when looking back on past programs and events.

Reflecting on meetings and conversations with community members and organisations is also vital. Did I get out the message that I wanted, was the message understood, if not why not and how can I do it better next time.

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Reading Narelle Hampe’s (2013) article has made me think about how little I engage in deep reflection in relation to my professional practice. The reason for this is, for the most part, a perceived lack of time. This perception often leads me to reflect “on-the-go” rather than taking the time to consciously analyse actions and thoughts critically and in-depth.

When I do engage in reflective practice it is most often in relation to planning (“Reflection-for-action”) and doing (“Reflection in action”) but rarely as “Reflection-on-action” (Hampe, 2013) which is, now I understand, fundamental for solidifying our personal knowledge and inform action in the future.

As many students have stated, reflecting on difficult or challenging experiences tends to come more naturally to most, however as Hampe (2013) explains, it is essential to also reflect on positive events and actions as this practice will consolidate the knowledge of our own strengths.

I will endeavour to allocate some time on a daily or at least weekly basis for reflective practice, both in relation to my studies and my professional practice. Writing will be my preferred choice for doing this as I find that putting words on paper helps me clarify my thoughts and ideas.

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Engaging with reflective practice on a daily basis

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Engaging with reflective practice on a daily basis

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Working within the library sector, reflective practice is something I come into contact with on a daily basis. Due to amalgamation of councils, many changes are taking place and requiring staff to reflect on their professional development, learning process and standard of personal performance. With  my workplace undergoing so many changes, I must present feedback on what I believe is working, what needs to be improved, and what needs to be completely altered in order to have an efficient, smooth-running library service. Driscoll’s (1994) action-reflection model of  ‘What? So what? Now what?’ will most definitely assist me in the future, not only in the professional environment, but also
in my studies as I reflect on module readings, assessments and assessment feedback. Brodie (2008) states to ask yourself ‘what have I learnt today?’  This is an objective, productive, positive approach to learning,  and reminds me that even if an unwarranted situation arises, you can still acquire knowledge from it. It’s a reflective method, that proves effective for me in every day life.

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When I first started as a teacher, I used to stamp my chronicle after each lesson with a 'very good' or 'needs more care' stamp we had been given to use on the student's work. As I gained in confidence as a teacher, I used the actual stamps less, but still continued to reflect on each lesson. The ability to reflect and evaluate as a teacher is crucial and I believe, crucial in most aspects of life. It is only by reflecting on the past and the present that we can make changes for the future.

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How might I engage with
reflective practice on a daily basis?

As a few others have mentioned on this wall, I feel I already practice reflective thinking in my everyday life. Although perhaps it's more on a personal level and focussed on my patterns of thought/behaviours, rather than something I do in writing.

In regards to this course, and after reading Narelle Hampe's article on reflective practice, I am going to begin by building reflection into my study sessions and contributions to online discussions. I will do this simply by using some phrases from the reflective practice writing guide to prompt reflection, for example, 'I have developed my understanding of...', 'Having read...I now think...'. After all, as Hampe writes, reflective practice is not an intrinsic skill, so if I want to improve and extend this valuable skill, I'll have to be disciplined in practicing it everyday, even if in small ways.

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My Thoughts on Reflective Practice

After reading the article on reflective practice by Narelle Hampe (2013), I agree that, even though it may not come natural to many professionals in the library and information science industry, reflective practice is an important part of their professional development. However, I think the importance of reflective practice can be extended to other industries. For example, in my current career in Human Resources, I already use reflective practice on a very regular basis. I constantly need to determine the validity and accuracy of information provided to me by other people, investigate why certain payment errors occurred and how to prevent them from happening again e.g. identify policies or forms that need to be updated etc. 

In terms of my studies, I will reflect on the information I read to learn about the library and information science industry and to gain insight into situations and contexts that are likely to be different from situations I have dealt with so far in my professional life. I believe that using my existing reflective practice skills and developing them further will help me become a better information professional.

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My Thoughts on Reflective Practice

After reading the article on reflective practice by Narelle Hampe (2013), I agree that, even though it may not come natural to many professionals in the library and information science industry, reflective practice is an important part of their professional development. However, I think the importance of reflective practice can be extended to other industries. For example, in my current career in Human Resources, I already use reflective practice on a very regular basis. I constantly need to determine the validity and accuracy of information provided to me by other people, investigate why certain payment errors occurred and how to prevent them from happening again e.g. identify policies or forms that need to be updated etc. 

In terms of my studies, I will reflect on the information I read to learn about the library and information science industry and to gain insight into situations and contexts that are likely to be different from situations I have dealt with so far in my professional life. I believe that using my existing reflective practice skills and developing them further will help me become a better information professional.

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Reflecting on reflection

I’ve sometimes thought of conscious reflection as something that is quite hard to do and should be avoided at all costs but having read Hampe's article on reflective practice, I realise that reflection is actually something I’m frequently engaged in.

I found Driscoll's (1994) model of reflection interesting - simple to remember yet meaningful when applied to my own personal and professional development.

Hampe's (2013) statement to “above all, value your strengths” will be so important to remember moving forward in reflective processes. It’s so easy just to focus on the negative (I know that I do this) and so hard to reflect upon yourself in a positive light. Both are crucial and beneficial for your reflective practice and I feel that the Reflective Practice Cycle (Schon, 1973; 1983; 1987 and Killion & Todnem, 1991) and Driscoll's (1994) model will help me in this process. The vocabulary aid will be very useful also and I’m glad to have these resources as a reference guide. I think it will be a rewarding challenge to develop my reflective practice.

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Reflective practice not only enables us to explore topics critically, it ensures we reflect on our self-in-context. This improves professional practice and heightens self-awareness.

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Reading the article about the reflective practice cycle gave clarity to the idea of engaging purposefully in reflection. My professional background has a strong emphasis on reflective practice, including self-reflection and consulting with peers. It is something that can easily fall away though during busy times. I think one of the challenges will be to prioritise reflective practice, to make it a deliberate, regular practice. Entering a new field, it is also important to acknowledge that it takes time to learn and critique.

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When asked to reflect in a uni assignment we can all agree that there is always a hesitancy and a audible groan from your classmates.
Reflecting on yourself is a hard thing, for you must face your own background, experiences and other aspects in your life and engage in a critical manner. Often people cannot engage in reflective thinking, simply because it may be too confronting for them at the time. Personally, I do find it hard to praise myself in reflections, and I find it easy to find faults, but after reading the Vocabulary Guide and Hempe's article itself, reflective practice seems more acheivable in the future.

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For me the most relevant and useful way to engage in reflective practices is to use the reflective practice cycle outlined by Schon (1983) in my work tasks. Perhaps not each part of the cycle (reflection on action, reflection in action and reflection for action) but I could certainly apply each of them to a range of work tasks, with a focus on improvement or opportunity for leanings.

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Reflecting.... 
For me, Hempe's article clearly laid out the principles of reflective practice and I realised it is something I have engaged in (somewhat unconsciously)  more frequently as the years have past.  I found Driscoll's (1994) model simple to remember and  will use as a basis for a more conscious and present reflective practice, particularly in my professional life

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Reflecting.... 
For me, Hempe's article clearly laid out the principles of reflective practice and I realised it is something I have engaged in (somewhat unconsciously)  more frequently as the years have past.  I found Driscoll's (1994) model simple to remember and  will use as a basis for a more conscious and present reflective practice, particularly in my professional life

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In my busy workplace I'm constantly engaged in the 'reflective cycle' (Hampe 2013), however, I notice these moments are squeezed into the small spaces of the day for example, driving, waiting for the kettle to boil, during the task itself or walking to the next meeting. I find it challenging to capture and consolidate the reflective gold with an effective method that I can also refer back to at a later time. Being able to harness an effective method to consolidate my reflections and to use more deliberately in a 'reflection-for-action' process would have a positive impact to my work. While writing is key to this challenge I'm aware that I may need to begin with small amounts time at many intervals to build up a body of critical thought, rather than devote time in one longer sitting. I expect I will need to review, tweak and adapt as I try to integrate a new reflective writing discipline into the flow of my day as a worker and a student.

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Reflection is an activity I have always personally done, but in an unstructured and informal sense. I work in an environment where there are never enough paid hours to do the work the community expects and would like us do, so the tendency is to just forge ahead and move onto the next bright shiny task. Hampe's article and the emphasis placed on reflection by the ALIA has encouraged me to think if ways to instill reflective processes into my workplace, to help shine a light onto the practices my colleagues and I continue to perform without critical awareness.

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In my current profession (teaching) reflection is a very important part of what we do. When teaching a class you need to reflect on how lessons went - whether you explained something properly, whether you managed the classroom in the right way, and whether you created a positive learning environment. When marking student work it is important to know your students, what they do well and what they need improvement on. Being able to reflect on yourself (and have others reflect on you) in a non-judgmental way, without placing blame or without criticism, and to use that feedback to improve your practice, is a fundamental skill that I have had to learn to do. We are all capable of self improvement through reflection. As this is true in teaching it can also be used for any other profession, including information management. I liked both the ALIA and the Hampe tools, especially because it provides vocabulary frameworks for reflecting on what we do in a safe way while taking the emotional side out of it.

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I have never been required to reflect in a professional way before, even though I have heard the idea of it tossed around many times. I believe I have invoking reflection but in a verbal and more often then not, in a negative way. After reading Hampe's 2013 article I am inspired to build a routine of a minimum weekly reflection routine, that is written and private as a positive tool for my growth in this journey. I will add that Hampe did not use any writing examples and I found that it made the techniques and vocabulary offered a bit difficult for me connect to and initially a bit overwhelming. After some extra research, I was able to read many examples and the thoughts on this wall and this made the whole idea clearer to me. I am now excited to include this as another tool and a muscle to be grown while studying.

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As a secondary English teacher and teacher-librarian, I've been required to undertake reflective practice many times. That doesn't necessarily mean that I find it easy. It's challenging to consider what was difficult but also exciting to be able to find solutions to problems. It's also important to realise that positive outcomes occurred as well. I tend to be very hard on myself and doubt myself. This is exactly why reflective practice is a positive undertaking - often I'll realise that I did better than I thought I would and that obstacles were actually keys to learning.
Reading Hampe's article caused me to reflect (no pun intended) on the many ways I can think about my learning process in this new course I'm starting. These ways are familiar and unfamiliar but exciting.
I found Hampe's vocabulary aid particularly helpful in assisting reflective language use and breaking down the process into thoughts, feelings, intentions and actions.

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Engaging in critical reflection has been part of my job as an early childhood educator for the past 8 years. It will be interesting to see how these skills transfer to a new industry. I see the challenge in effective critical reflection being the cultural lens we look through and the prejudices we carry, especially unknowingly. If I can be aware of this then I can be mindful to see things from another perspective.

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Reading Hampe’s article has made me realise that although I do regularly engage in reflection in my everyday work experience, this reflection is often very much on the go and also very collaborative. I work as a team so the reflection is often based on how we did as a team and what we can all do differently together. For me, the most useful aspect going forward will be taking a more personal and focused approach to reflective practice, and applying that to my studying experience. I am particularly eager to trial reflective writing as I feel this may force me to engage in reflective practice more regularly and in a more personal manner.

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I have always been a very reflective person, it is my nature to always think about and analyse different situations and things I have done or said or the way I have reacted to something or how well I did at something. Often this can be quite a negative process, and I can now see that it is important to reflect critically but also kindly. Limiting the reflective practice to three steps - Reflection-on-Action, Reflection-in-Action, and Reflection-for-Action (Hampe 2013) - will help with this process.

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I'm encouraged to read Hampe's (2013) article and to have the Reflective Practice guide on hand, as I feel it will help me to constructively review events and my thoughts and behaviour, rather than remain in patterns of dysfunction or self-doubt. This is applicable in all areas of my life, and will be an aid for moving forward in areas of both strength and weakness.

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I understand now the necessity of reflective practice in terms of professional development and that it is crucial for success in any field. I have until now have engaged in a kind of reflective practice in a haphazard and anxious way without much direction and positive outcomes. Which is basically another way to describe my anxiety. But by using the Reflective practice Cycle I can give myself direction and structure to produce constructive results. I believe this will aid me greatly as I navigate through my masters and cultivate new ways of thinking.

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I have never ever written a reflective journal in my life but from what I read by writing a reflective journal would have a positive impact on my life and my approach to how things are done. I can look back and reflect on my life journey and critically analyse past mistakes. What are the reasons as to why things are not done? Can I do things differently next time? How can I handle the situation if it happens again? May be things do not all have to be done at the same time? Can I delegate or prioritise the tasks? Or can I do it another time say over the weekend? Daily reflective practice would keep me on track with my study schedule, disciplined, motivated, stay positive and focus so I would not lose track of what I wanted to achieve in the first place. Understanding my ability and capability and not afraid to ask for help. For me, the number one priority is to get through the course with effort and hard work on my part!!

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I often enjoy reflecting on my experiences but have yet ritualise such a beneficial practice as highlighted in Hempe's (2013) article.

On a trying day, reflection comes easily,  as in many ways it is then that personal assessment is needed most.
However, it would be a disservice to ignore reflection on the better days as it is a great opportunity to lift ones goals and objectives higher again.

I hope moving forward to take a moment at the end of each day to reflect regardless of wether my day has felt successful, disappointing or even a mix of the two.

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I had previously seen reflective thinking as what comes after, rather than a continuous cycle of the three reflective directions pointed out by Hampe (2013). Reflection-in-action is something I will greatly benefit from, since it has been lacking in my day-to-day evaluations. I love to plan and can get nervous when things do not go to plan, but as Hampe concludes, I should also value and focus on my strengths and accomplishments as well - not just on the negatives.

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Reflection
Reading  Hampe's (2013) article reminded me of the benefits of reflective practice.  In a busy working day it is tempting to skip reflection- especially after dealing with a difficult situation-and move on to the next task.  However, I will endeavour to make reflection a daily habit as it will help both my personal and professional development.   

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Reflection
Reading  Hampe's (2013) article reminded me of the benefits of reflective practice.  In a busy working day it is tempting to skip reflection- especially after dealing with a difficult situation-and move on to the next task.  However, I will endeavour to make reflection a daily habit as it will help both my personal and professional development.   

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It is a part of who I am to be reflective, both professionally and personally and I believe that it is something I already do on a daily basis. I am a very deep thinker and often, an over-thinker. A requirement of my job, in the education field, is to constantly reflect on my teaching practice, participate in professional development and set goals to improve. What I have learnt is that it is equally as important to honour who I am as a human being. By that I mean that I must take into consideration that my professional shortcomings are separate to my personal shortcomings and that the two do not necessarily overlap. I must be critical but kind in my reflective practice. Going forward, I intend to celebrate my successes and build upon my shortcomings. Balance is key is all things.

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Reading Hampe's article, I realised that reflective practice is something I have been doing daily without thinking how important and significant it is.  Reflection for Action, Reflection on Action and  Reflection in Action are part and partial of my thought process. I perceive reflective practice as a qualitative decision making tool in daily life. In decision making you consider first the resources, paths, actions, goals, outcomes and their alternatives, before arriving at a best result/outcome. From my personal experience, I believe awareness is a key factor in reflective practice. When you are aware of your surroundings/actions/thoughts you can over time fine tune your mind to achieve a higher state where actions are pure and honest.
At the end of each day I do take time to reflect on how my day was. I would analyse what I could have done better and plan for a productive and better tomorrow.
So, I believe applying these skills and qualities to writing, I may be able to fine tune my writing skills. A great start! Thank you.

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I came across the idea of critical self reflection most recently in the context of a cultural competence program. So when I reflect on my professional practice, part of what I'm reflecting on is how my cultural biases are influencing my professional behaviour and decision-making, which gives me an opportunity to consider other ways of knowing, being and doing in my work life. Which I think speaks to the ethics and professional standards of this course. I really struggle with writing and journalling though. But reflecting on that, I feel like Western culture, including academic culture, privileges the written word, so I'm giving myself space to explore alternate methods of developing my reflective practice: through art, creativity, and spiritual practice instead of journalling.

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Reading Hampe's (2013) article, I couldn't help but notice the similarities between critical thinking and reflective practice. The qualities of logical thinking and critical analysis, and the need to cultivate these practices over time (p. 1) took me back to my undergraduate philosophy classes. I'd like to think that I've been practicing critical thinking since those days. Still, how can my critical thinking help me to engage with reflective practice on a daily basis? Looking at "The Reflective Practice Cycle" (Hampe, 2013, p. 2), I think my critical thinking occurs mainly in the forethought and performance stages. Once a task is done, I skip the self-reflection stage and begin looking forward to the next project. With this in mind, I’m going to begin practising critical thinking skills, or rather, reflective practice, at the self-reflection stage to try and complete the cycle.

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Reflection is something I use daily to plan how I approach a task, event, or similar in the future.

At work, it's identifying places where mistakes or confusion happened, and making adjustments to prevent it from happening again. With a new batch of students each year, new problems are always popping up, so reflection enables us to manage and prevent old and existing issues from recurring so that we are not overwhelmed.

At home, with a new baby, our first baby, we are constantly learning and she is constantly changing, so we are having to look back at our day and take what has worked, what hasn't and what we can try tomorrow and be prepared for a whole new and unexpected learning experience.

And ultimately, looking at myself and my own personal progress as an employee, a new mum, and several other hats, and using this to decide my priorities and direction so that any steps forward are positive.

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One of the biggest personal take-aways for me from Hampe's (2013) article was the point about reflection-in-action. Whilst I am typically decent at reflection before and after the fact, I often find myself being caught in the moment and perhaps missing opportunities to better optimise the task-at-hand. I also like how (in the conclusion) it is mentioned that there should also be a focus on an individual's strengths and accomplishments. I agree that contemporary society too often focuses on self-improvement (or being 'perfect') and forgets to celebrate achievements, no matter how big or small!

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Reflective writing is something I used to do daily and really enjoyed it: I set myself a word target every day and invariably the writing would be both me working out what my issue was, and working my way thought the issue. And then I would delete the words, because I didn't need them anymore. I am finding the prospect of a daily reflective practise exciting, even if the prospect of *daily* is daunting; weekly might be more achievable with my current workload.
Having said that, I am actually considering video rather than text to share my reflective practice! What? So what? and Now what? is a great model to get started, and I'm going to give it a go.

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Having read Hampe’s writing guide (Hampe, 2013), I now realise how frequently I practise The Reflective Practice Cycle in my day-to-day life. Reflection-on-action commonly occurs following work, reflection-in-action when socialising and reflection-for-action regarding my study and future shifts, just to name a few examples. Additionally, I frequently utilise the What, So What and Now What model (Driscoll, 1994) in the evening, when I review my day and plan for the following.

Being so analytical of my day is a useful skill because I continue to evolve as a worker, friend and student. However, having now reviewed my personal reflective practices, I realise I tend to focus on areas to improve more than area’s I do well. Thus, I must endeavour to acknowledge my strengths and accomplishments (Buckingham and Clifton, 2001) to help further enhance my self-improvement.

To conclude this contribution, I will say this new understanding on reflective practice will be useful to me in my studies and future work as it has provided insight into small things I already do every day. I’ve also realised the importance of remembering the positives to help encourage my own development and protect against the negative feelings that come with being so self-critical.

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It is a requirement in my field that for every activity delivered, a reflection is needed. This reflection consists of questions such as: "how does this activity benefit the learner?" "how can this activity be extended for future learning?" "How else can this activity be delivered for better results". Such reflections have taught me to critically reflect not just in the workforce, but in every day life. This experience reflects back to Brodie, "Many factors will impact on your reflections. Different backgrounds – culture, education, family, work; different career and study goals; different levels of interest and motivation will all influence how you reflect" (Brodie, 2008).

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In my previous vocation as a family support worker, I had found keeping a reflection journal key to developing self worth, recognising my strengths and weaknesses, and having the ability to thoughtfully analyse why I may do things a certain way, which then helps in identifying areas that a new mindset or skill set would be more beneficial.
The art of reflection is a positive way to move forward, take responsibility and feel empowered by thoughtful choices.

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Professionally and privately I do, do some level of reflection. However like a few other people have suggested this tends to be critical rather than constructive. Meaning I'm less likely to really take much away from it. The process of not only reflecting on- action but also in-action and for-action, seems to be a more productive way of unpacking your behaviour or tasks. It's something I think could be helpful in creating a productive reflective process, rather than just focusing on negative aspects.

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Self-reflection can be confronting as we tend to focus on the things we could improve. While this helps to new skills/knowledge, it is also important to reflect on and reinforce the positive experiences. When working with students in my current job, we begin by reflecting on ‘what went well’ before moving on to consider ‘what would I improve/change?’

It will be interesting to be back in the student role on placements with no experience in this field! Using a placement diary and the vocabulary aid (Hampe, 2013, pp.3-4) will help me to reflect on feelings/attitudes as well as knowledge and skills.  I find goal-setting helpful for reflection. I have also seen the value of peer learning and believe that learning about the experiences of others helps us reflect on our own experiences.

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As a chronic overthinker limiting the reflective practice to three steps through either the Reflection-on-Action, Reflection-in-Action, and Reflection-for-Action (Hampe 2013) or the What, So What?, Now What? (Driscoll 1994) will limit the "Recrimination-on-Action" or "How Could You?" steps that I usually insert. This will mean that the reflective practice will involve less guilt and more constructive feedback, resulting in a focus on future improvement and limiting recycling through reflections on the same event or situation over and over and over.

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Part of my current work at an academic library involves reflective practice. Usually this is post event, "reflection-on-action" (Hampe 2013). However, as I become more involved in longer term projects, I am finding "reflection-for-action" (Hampe 2013) increasingly useful. Through reflective practice, I am able to identify areas for growth in my professional practice, and to think strategically about what I have to invest in these areas, how I might do so and whether I need help.

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The different models of reflection have inspired me. At the workplace, I've to guide students to do their research and they have to write reflections.  Using Driscoll's model (1994), the 3 steps: What? So what and Now what?  are good ways to help students, structure their ideas. Vocabulary aid is also useful.

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After you have read the reflection materials think about how you might engage with reflective practice on daily basis. Add your thoughts and responses to our collective wall!

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After you have read the reflection materials think about how you might engage with reflective practice on daily basis. Add your thoughts and responses to our collective wall!

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When day to day life is packed with so much to do, it's a good reminder to practice reflective thinking and behaviour. For me, I think the most significant thing is that slowing down and reflecting on what I've learnt and how I've done things, will allow me to ask the questions of how I can build on my knowledge and how I can improve of my actions. This way, I will not only be completing tasks, but improving on the quality of my work.

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For me the most significant aspect is staying focused and positive. I am a person, who gets distracted easily from my surroundings. I will certainly follow the advice from Narelle Hampe not only in terms of studying online but also in my personal life. I would do so my giving myself 15 minutes reflection time every day. I would evaluate the task complete or incomplete, the sequence of events throughout the day in those 15 min. I will always finish my reflection time with a positive attitude.

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Coming back to study after eight years, and in a new area makes this all new to me. I don't know how this will turn out for me, but I see that as a positive that was missing in a lot of my previous academic endeavours. That felt like it was more about factual knowledge than it was about actually learning about my own approach to that knowledge and feeding my mind.

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Coming from a profession which demands moment-by-moment reflection on what worked, what didn't work, and what could be a future strategy, the initial challenge for me now, in entering a new field of study, is to understand the nature of what it is that I should reflect upon. Every piece of reading or task completed is a chance for me to think about  the relationship between what we are studying, what I'm learning, and what I can deduce about the effectiveness of what I'm doing whilst striving for an as-yet-uncertain goal. In other words, to establish what the nature of information science, or librarianship is, and to reflect upon my own progress in working towards mastery of, and competency in the practice(s) of knowledge management.

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I'm not a very confident person, so I really appreciate the advice from Narelle Hampe, in her guide to getting started, to focus on your strengths. Keeping a record of things I have done well will help me build professional resilience and motivate me to continue taking on new challenges . By letting go of perfectionism in the very process of reflection I hope to be able to foster a "growth mindset".

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I'm a chronic overthinker but using the Reflective Practice Writing Guide to organise my thoughts seems like a useful way to reflect and analyse but then look at what I can do differently next time, rather than dwelling on what went badly.