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Reflective practice is reflecting on our past actions and learning from the experiences gain in this life journey of ours.

The values of using reflective practice allows me to make better decisions in life and at work.

The barriers I would face would be motivation towards self change as change can be easier said than done.

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Reflective thinking is good especially if you have a mentor to help with "how can I do better?" a person with "I have been where you r at many times and tried many ways and can tell you the best way!". If not, your "how can I do better?" may even be the wrong way. Maybe with this mentor, you save time reflecting on something done and tested!

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Reflective thinking is good especially if you have a mentor to help with "how can I do better?" a person with "I have been where you r at many times and tried many ways and can tell you the best way!". If not, your "how can I do better?" may even be the wrong way. Maybe with this mentor, you save time reflecting on something done and tested!

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What is reflective practice?

An opportunity to think what went wrong and what I can do to correct the situation(s) I faced at work.

What is the value (benefits) of using reflection practice for me personally?

It allows me to think what are the areas that I can improve or develop at work in terms of - knowledge and skills. And most importantly avoid past mistakes I made at work.

What do you feel is your barrier?

Definitely, making time after work everyday to think or write down my reflection given our current hectic schedule.

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Barriers to reflective practice/how to overcome

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Barriers to reflective practice/how to overcome

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1.  Time factor.  When I value the improvements to be made, I will make it a priority to make time to deliberately reflect, learn from my past mistakes (if any) and create a new learning experience.
2.  The environment needs to be ready to listen to the input of reflective practice from staff of all levels.  Sometimes a suggestion from reflective practice may be good but not suitable to be applied at that particular time.  It can be kept on hold and consider at a later stage when the environment is more ready.
3.  The person may lack the skill to implement the particular course of action from reflective practice.  Team effort can then be considered for its implementation.
Unity in team effort is conducive to make the changes.

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Personally - it motivates me to keep myself update with concepts, changing market scenes and ultimately challenges me to convey the same mentality to the students - how can I help them see themselves upgraded in the future.  Challenges me to learn continuously and be prepared to make changes.

Professionally - give better input to the organisation and grow as an organisation.

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When I make a deliberate effort to observe my students' response to certain work tasks, analyze and improve on the next set of tasks, that to me is reflective practice. How can I break down the tasks or set it out differently in order to bring out the best in my students.

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1. Reflective practice is thinking about experiences in order to learn from them in relation to the future and the cycle goes on.

2. Reflective practice keeps me afloat and prevents stagnation. It definitely helps me to grow and be a better me!

3. A barrier is definitely staying motivated in developing a reflective mind rather than a lazy mind. Sometimes I do feel very tired and just want to space out instead of think! In times like this, simply talking to others will help - when it is tough to reflect alone, it helps to reflect with others!

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In your own words, what is reflective practice?

Knowing that I would easily catch cold for being wet in a rain has prompted me to bring along an umbrella each time I leave home. This simple analogy reflects why I have done what I have done. It is closely linked to my personal experience. It is the result of a prior negative experience that has led me to do things differently. Positive experience, on the other hand, would obviously lead me to repeat my success which inevitably lead me to do the same good things I have done. This is reflective practice.

What is the value of using reflection practice, both personally and professionally?

Reflective practice allows us to look at both sides of the coin objectively. It helps us to look at both our negative and positive experiences more openly. It helps us to make an informed decision. The better the quality of the reflective practice the better the outcome would be. In short, reflective practice influences our ultimate decision, both personally and professionally.

What do you feel is your barrier to reflection? What are some ways you can overcome it?

Reflective practice takes time to ‘bloom’. It has to be consciously practised to to reap the rewards associated with it. The more you practise it the better you become with it. But, like most of us, we complain of time, that is, the lack of time.

We also need help. We need help on how to start our reflective practice and how to sustain it. We need help to help us decide the optimal time to reflect, where to reflect as well as some questions we need to ask during the reflection.

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1. Reflective practice is when there is time and space given to think within yourself of what you have done, buzz with others constructively, and gain an insight or learning that can be applied for the future, work and profession related. When done enough, it can be second nature at work where we don't just go through the motion and do things for the sake of doing things, but at each point our minds are trained to work reflectively and thus value-add.

2. You can provide an input that is uniquely you, and a perspective that others may not see. You become more competent in your work and value-add to the profession. Your mind also becomes sharper and more trained to think, and get deeper insights into issues, not just at surface level.

3. I think the difficulty is in applying what we have reflected into future situations. Sometimes it's easy to think and reflect, but its difficult to remember those reflections in everyday lives and in the busyness of work and also apply them in future.

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barriers could be also lacking the growth mindset and also not being able to accept that we are not perfect (our way is the correct way mentality) due to our past positive experiences...situations changes, context changes, behaviors' changes

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barriers could be also lacking the growth mindset and also not being able to accept that we are not perfect (our way is the correct way mentality) due to our past positive experiences...situations changes, context changes, behaviors' changes

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What, why, so what does it mean?, what's next? without putting labels, we are unconsciously reflecting on our experiences. Firstly, we do not want to make the same mistakes (if they are any), or we want to recreate the same positive experiences the next time.(even if the context is changed). 

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What, why, so what does it mean?, what's next? without putting labels, we are unconsciously reflecting on our experiences. Firstly, we do not want to make the same mistakes (if they are any), or we want to recreate the same positive experiences the next time.(even if the context is changed). 

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1. Growth mindset

2. Self-discovery, knowledge building

3. Reflective moments requires effort, placed at lower priority. Perhaps it is to inbuilt into daily routine intentionally.

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1. Reflective practice is thinking back about what has happened, what I have done, why things happen that way, what I can do to improve, what better ways to do things in future. It is also learning from what I have experienced, analyzing the process and how to do things better or to avoid the same mistakes. 2. It increases awareness of oneself, awareness of others and awareness of the environment as well as one's critical thinking. Important for building good working relationships which is crucial. Also important for the improvement of oneself and learning from others. 3. Barriers - motivation, the excuse   of no time

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1. Reflective practice is thinking back about what has happened, what I have done, why things happen that way, what I can do to improve, what better ways to do things in future. It is also learning from what I have experienced, analyzing the process and how to do things better or to avoid the same mistakes. 2. It increases awareness of oneself, awareness of others and awareness of the environment as well as one's critical thinking. Important for building good working relationships which is crucial. Also important for the improvement of oneself and learning from others. 3. Barriers - motivation, the excuse   of no time

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1. Looking back at the experiences and reflecting on the happenings, things to continue, things that can be improved on etc.
2. Self-improvement and better quality of work.
3. Time

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1. Learning from past experience to gain new insight to guide on-going learning.

2. Makes me think about the impact and effectiveness what I'm doing now

3. Time and pride.

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1. Reflective practice - the act of thinking about experiences, inquiring about the experience, lessons that can be learn or gleaned from it, learn from the process to influence any actions for the future.

2. the value in learning. self-discovery and finding a better version of self.

3. Barriers - being overly critical on oneself.

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1. Reflection is like I Do, We Do, You Do on myself and with others on knowledge, skills and attitude.

2. It helps to sharpen my clinical judgement and practice.

3. Own assumptions and lack of knowledge. Seek to understand and counsel with others.

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1. Reflective practice - An ongoing process of learning from experiences by thinking of what one has done during a situation and what could be done to improve the situation/outcome next time.

2. Allows new development of ideas.

3.  Barriers: Time and environment.

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Motivation - It is in my nature to spend time reflecting on what I do and the things  that I have encountered daily. But nowadays, I tend to do less. This is mainly because of a lack of time, energy and support. Many years ago when I was a Love class teacher, my TA and I would have "debrief sessions" over lunch at least 3 to 4 times a week (Then we had more time and the freedom to customise our lessons according to the needs of the students). My TA and I had similar desires and goals - to educate and bring out the best in our students. We did not mind putting in extra time to evaluate and analyse lessons, students' academic progress, reasons for meltdown & tantrums, etc. We had time to think of creative ideas and sourced for more work materials to engage our students. We even came back to school voluntarily during school holidays to discuss and plan... e.g. SOW, making teaching resources, develop behaviour management strategies, etc. We really loved and enjoyed our work.  It was more than a meal ticket.
The school needs to slow down the work pace and let the staff have more time to rest and reflect on their own performance, rate their own work honestly and think of how they can improve or do better.

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- Makes one more open-minded and be able to see things from different perspective. (Personally & Professionally)
- Challenges one's beliefs system and mind set (More professionally)
- Development of new ideas and improving one's knowledge & skills (Professionally)
- It takes humility for one to examine his own actions and learn from own mistakes (and from others too). (Personal & Professionally)

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Taking the time or setting aside time deliberately to evaluate/analyse certain situations or encounters that had happened in the past and think of what one can learn from the situation or how one can improve or do better in the near future.