“Reflective practice is learning through examining what we think happened on any occasion, and how we think others perceived the event and us, opening up our practice to the scrutiny of others.”
Bolton, 2010, Reflective Practice.
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) Chinese Philosopher
Contemporary understanding of reflective practice as described by Donald Schön in 1996 as,
“Reflective practice involves thoughtfully considering your own experiences as you make the connection between knowledge and practice, under the guidance of an experienced professional within your discipline.”
Is a way of looking at oneself critically to identify what we are doing, how well we are doing it, and where we sit within our communities of practice.
Within college we ask/expect you to reflect upon your learning experiences on every module throughout the three years that you are here.
Thinking about what you did, why you did it, did you learn from it and what you do differently next time are the first steps to reflecting on your progress, Gibbs came up with a useful model that works well for use in the creative industries.
As you can see there are lots of different models that can help us to consider our learning and development as individuals.
You may notice that they have common overlaps but the main function from is to get you to learn from reflection.
As you can see there are lots of different models that can help us to consider our learning and development as individuals.
You may notice that they have common overlaps but the main function from is to get you to learn from reflection.
Reflection is: To learn from both experience and theory to deepen understanding.
So when we ask you to reflect upon some aspect of the course we want you to consider all aspects of the task/brief/module we have set.
We do NOT want:
Just a description of what happens eg. what took place.
It went well/ it went really bad.
Blaming someone else for it going wrong..
We WANT.
You to articulate and express a personal insight into what happened.
How did it affect you (positive/negative) but importantly why.
What did you learn from the experience (of doing the brief/module/working with others)?
Could you have done something differently to change the experience? (planning/organisation/research/technical execution)
What would you do differently if the opportunity arose to do something again
When writing up you may want to consider where and how learning actively took place. Eg In taught sessions, tutorials, peer discussion, workshops and lectures.
BUT
Also where passive learning took place eg, reading textbooks outside of reading lists, having conversations with people who have similar interests outside of college and day to day life.
We WANT.
You to articulate and express a personal insight into what happened.
How did it affect you (positive/negative) but importantly why.
What did you learn from the experience (of doing the brief/module/working with others)?
Could you have done something differently to change the experience? (planning/organisation/research/technical execution)
What would you do differently if the opportunity arose to do something again
When writing up you may want to consider where and how learning actively took place. Eg In taught sessions, tutorials, peer discussion, workshops and lectures.
BUT
Also where passive learning took place eg, reading textbooks outside of reading lists, having conversations with people who have similar interests outside of college and day to day life.
All of this can help you successfully learn and reflect upon how you got there.
Overall after sitting through this powerpoint I came to the conclusion that Reflective practice is just a way to label the way we already criticise and evaluate our work, we just need to do it at a more detailed level and make sure, in particularly I record it throughout the modules.
Overall after sitting through this powerpoint I came to the conclusion that Reflective practice is just a way to label the way we already criticise and evaluate our work, we just need to do it at a more detailed level and make sure, in particularly I record it throughout the modules.
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