Intro to Reflective Practice

Question 1

What is knowledge

Answer 1

The fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association

Question 2

How can we develope our knowledge?

Answer 2

1. Professional knowledge
2. Craft knowledge

Question 3

What is professional knowledge

Answer 3

1. Theories which are formally seen by a profession to guide action and encompass the formal philosophy of a profession
2. Means to end approach to solving problems
3. Academic teaching l/ delivery methods
4. Positivistic research methods

Question 4

What is craft knowledge

Answer 4

1. Characteristic of competent practitioner
2. Something that emerges from experience of tackling contextual and complicated realities of everyday practice
3. Rarely documented/ expressed in any formal context and therefore not taught

Question 5

O’Halan (1984) definition of reflective practice

Answer 5

Reflection is a personal activity no one else can see it except when it’s consciously or deliberately shared

Question 6

Boud & walker (1985) definition of reflective practice

Answer 6

Reflection prepares the practitioner for application with action ending the reflective process

Question 7

Boyd & Fayles (1994) definition of reflective practice

Answer 7

The process of internally examining and exploring and issue of concern, triggered by an experience, which create and clarifies meaning in terms of the self and which results in a change conceptual perspective

Question 8

What are the 4 principles of RP

Answer 8

1: it’s about you, your role, your work
2. It’s about learning from experience
3. It’s about valuing what you do and why you do it
4. Reflective conversation is at the heart of the process

Question 10

Gibbs reflective cycle (1988)

Answer 10

1. Description- what happened?
2. Feelings- what are you thinking and feeling?
3. Evaluation- what was good and bad about the experience?
4. Analysis- what sense can you make of the situation?
5. Conclusion- what else could you have done?
6. Action plan- if it arose again what would you do?