Why do you think reflective practice is important or trainers?

What is the research behind reflective practice?

Use the link to help you: Getting started with Reflective Practice (cambridge-community.org.uk)

Encouraging continuous improvement -

increasing the quality of care, helps you helps reflect and stop you from complacent

Problem Solving - being able to look at past challenges and how you address them

Builds professional Credibility - this shows commitment and growth

Keep a Reflective Journal -

Document experiences, Successes and Challenges making changes to outcomes and development feedback

Review - Seeking feedback from colleagues, Supervisors and the other professionals, as well as being able to feedback with self reflections

Setting Goals for development - Being able to have specific achievable and actionable goals

Seeking professional Guidance - Being able to discuss reflections with a my mentor or others helps me gain insight for further development

It give the learner a way to record and evidence what they have learnt. by being able to show how far they have progressed.

Accurate monthly scorecard, gives away for the the learner to see how they progress

Pr0gress - how they can develop further KSB's, and how structure the review around this

Revision and Memory - help the learner to embed their learning and revise before EPA as well as progression

Journals are important as they help to capture apprenticeship training that has taken place, consistently measure developmental progress and allows trainers feedback (constructive & developmental) to aid progress and help develop the learner's KSB's.

1. Description: This stage involves describing the experience in detail. What happened? Who was involved? Where and when did it occur? The goal is to provide a clear, objective account without analysis or interpretation

   
   

2. Feelings: Reflect on the emotions and thoughts you had during the experience. How did you feel before, during, and after the event? This stage helps to understand the emotional impact of the experience

   
   

3. Evaluation: Assess the experience, considering what went well and what didn't. What were the positive and negative aspects? This stage helps to identify areas of success and areas needing improvement

   
   

4. Analysis: Analyse the experience to make sense of it. Why did things happen the way they did? What factors influenced the outcome? This stage involves deeper thinking to understand the underlying reasons and patterns

   
   

5. Conclusion: Draw conclusions from the analysis. What have you learned from the experience? What could you have done differently? This stage helps to consolidate learning and identify key takeaways

   
   

6. Action Plan: Develop a plan for future actions based on the conclusions. How will you apply what you've learned in similar situations? This stage focuses on using insights gained to improve future performance

   
   

The cyclical model emphasis continuous learning and improvement, making it a valuable tool for personal and professional development

This critical reflective process occurs when teachers view their practice through the four different, interconnecting lenses; lens of their own autobiography as teachers and learners, lens of students' eyes, lens of colleagues experiences & lens of educational literature.

This model aims to develop critically reflective teachers who make reliable judgements about approaches to their teaching practice, planning & evaluations as well as provide purposeful responses to their students.

1. Concrete Experience: This is doing something and having an actual experience of an event.

2. Reflective Observation: Once the experience has happened its about stepping back and thinking about what just happened and what you did.

3. Abstract Conceptualization: This is “What if?” phase where you will be forming hypotheses and ideas based on your reflections.

4. Active Experimentation: This is the the testing the ideas and hypothesis part. So looking at how this can impact practice moving forward and what you are going to do.

Here are the stages:

1. What?: This stage involves describing the experience or situation. What happened? Who was involved? What was the context? The goal is to provide a clear, objective account of the event

   
   

2. So What?: Analyse the experience to understand its significance. How did you feel during the event? What were your reactions? What did you learn from the experience? This stage helps to explore the implications and emotional impact of the event

   
   

3. Now What?: Reflect on how you can apply what you've learned in the future. What actions will you take as a result of this reflection? How will you handle similar situations differently? This stage focuses on planning and improving future practice

   
   

Driscoll's model is valued for its simplicity and effectiveness in guiding reflective practice, making it useful for both personal and professional development

1. Experience: This stage involves describing the experience in detail. What happened? Who was involved? What was the context? The goal is to provide a clear, objective account of the event

   
   

2. Reflection: Analyse the experience to understand its significance. How did you feel during the event? What were your reactions? What did you learn from the experience? This stage helps to explore the implications and emotional impact of the event

   
   

3. Action: Reflect on how you can apply what you've learned in the future. What actions will you take as a result of this reflection? How will you handle similar situations differently? This stage focuses on planning and improving future practice

   
   

Jasper's model is valued for its simplicity and effectiveness in guiding reflective practice, making it useful for both personal and professional development.

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Progress reviews

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Tips: Think about what you did, what you learnt and what you are going to do next.

Keep a calendar/ Journal to record when you complete activities so you remember.

So What? We analysed the question to see what would be the best way to answer them. some we added our own information, where as some we answered individually, I like to think that we worked together well, I learnt about other models of reflective practice, I knew of Gibbs and have used this a lot throughout my career, however I like the simplicity of Driscoll's model, What, So what? Now, What?

Now what? - I think that Driscoll's model is easier to understand and breakdown, however Gibbs is more in-depth. So it can depend on what I am doing that I will use the different models. I think we work well as a team today and support each other.

What :Today we worked in a group of 3 to go through the Padlet tasks. We started off all doing the same tasks but realised this was taking quite a long time so agreed as a group to work on different parts each. We all communicated effectively throughout and asked each other questions and checked in as we needed to. We had lots of conversations throughout which I really enjoyed and was a good opportunity to share our views and different ways of working that we have found useful.

So What : From this task I found that I was able to share information and ask for support from the other trainee trainers if I needed it on how to find something. It was interesting hearing how they use different models of reflection in their practice and made me think about if I could do that as well. I feel that I was given the time to share my ideas and offered the others in the group opportunities to do the same. We worked well to share out what we needed to do and all regularly checked in to make sure we were on task and understood. We worked well as a group and made sure we got everything done.

What Next: From this activity it has made me feel more comfortable working with others in this sort of environment and that its ok to ask if I am not sure about something. I have took on ideas that I can use in my own practice from discussions we have had which will improve how effectively I am working.

What – Worked in a small group to complete different tasks on the benefits of reflective practice on padlet. We had lots of discussions about what we thought about each of the questions, and I gave examples from my own practice, made suggestions and contributed to the answers that we compiled as a group. We each shared ideas, listened to each other well and worked well to get the task completed.  

So what – Together as part of the group we went through each of the questions. We split some of the tasks up as conscious of time and the number of elements we needed to complete. I engaged in independent research and then fed back to the group my findings as well as provided written explanations on the padlet document. I feel I contributed well throughout the activity, gave examples and explained to the others what I had learnt from watching the videos or reading up about different reflective models.

Now what – I feel I became more comfortable in the group as I got to know the other members of the team, and this gave me more confidence to contribute and ask when I was unsure about a certain aspect. I feel I listened well when other contributed, shared ideas took their opinions on board and enjoyed working as part of the group. I learnt more about the way I communicate & learn, how I work as part of the team and about the different models of reflection I can use which will all have a positive impact as part of my role.