Reflective Practice Flashcards
What is reflective practice?
Learning through and from experience towards gaining new insights of self and practice
Knowledge can be developed from professional practice
Helps learn from experience and understand nature of working as applied psychologist within dynamic circumstances require it constant decision making
What dies reflective practice involve?
Evaluating first hand experience of an event/ activity
Analysing reason for things did well/ not well
Improve/ refine performance in similar future situations
What does reflective practice require?
Conscious effort to examine, think and develop insight about experience and practice
Develop critical constructive, creative thinking
Openness and willingness to examine/ re-examine our ways of thinking, seeing and doing
Find new perspectives and approaches
What is critical reflection?
Process of looking back in order to enhance future personal development in practice - requires conscious effort to think about event and develop insight into experience
Reflect on how actions impact others
What are the benefits of reflective practice?
Help to develop creative thinking skills, encourage active engagement in work process
Bridge gap between theory and practice
Encourage to explore won beliefs and assumptions - find solutions
Increase self-awareness and develop better understanding
What is double loop learning (Argyris)
Re-evaluate and reframe goals and values
Help recognise a new paradigm and re-frame ideas/ goals to improve them
What are Thompsons (2015) 6 steps to developing reflective practice?
Read, Ask, Watch, Feel, Talk, Think
Not just thinking important, need to develop understanding of the theory and explore ideas
What are 3 components of the reflective learning process?
Reflect on experience
Reflective process
Action
What is the reflective learning cycle (Gibbs 1988)?
keep diary to record experiences and how you felt
Identify patterns in ways of working
Compare experience with literature and plan how to tackle differently
Draw on what went well to improve self confidence
What are the stages in Gibbs cycle?
Description, Feelings, Evaluation, Analysis, Conclusion, Action Plan
What is Kolbs learning cycle theory (1984)?
We learn from daily life experiences and reflection integral part of learning. Learn by going through 4 stages
Concrete experience
Reflective observation
Abstract conceptualisation
Active experimentation
What are 2 common set backs in reflection?
Defeatism
Defensiveness
What is Johns model of structured reflection (1994)?
Use structured diary and model for angling events and general reflection on experiences
Look in and look out of the situation
What are the stages of Johns structured reflection?
Description
Reflection
Influencing factors
Alternative strategies
Learning/ knowledge
What is Rolfes reflective practice 2001?
3 simple questions to reflect
Description level - what
Theory and knowledge building - so what
Action orientated reflection - now what
