The reflection process begins with thinking about an incident and how the situation can be utilised in future situations. The process consists of being open, this would involve an individual looking at things from a different perspective. In addition, the process would involve being inquisitive, desiring knowledge. With reflection it is important that the individual is honest, which needs to be reflected in written record keeping, this enables others to easily understand what has occurred (Williams et al, 2012). Reflective practice is mainly used to assist nurses and healthcare professionals to gain an
Reflection, what is it? By David Mulcahy. (14375771) The Term reflection can have many meanings to many people. Reflection can carry meanings that range from the idea of professionals engaging in solitary introspection to that of engaging in deep meaningful conversations with others. But for this assignment I will focus on; what is refection in the clinical setting, why it is important for health care professionals to reflect and where the ideology of reflection came from.
Reflection has been strongly advocated by the English National Board for Nursing & Midwifery (1994), and a wealth of nursing literature over the past decade had been published to improve nursing practice. Reflection is an in-depth consideration of events or situations outside of one-self, solitary, or with critical support. Burnard (1995) argues that, reflection has its roots in experiential learning, as it forms the second stage of the experiential learning cycle. Active reflection gives nurses the confidence in terms of clinical decision making. It can also be a meaning of identifying strengths and weaknesses in practice and enabling nurses to learn from their mistakes.
Abstract I divide my paper into four parts to interpret strategies for developing English learning reflection ability of college students. The first part is to have an overview about reflective learning and the theoretical review of Constructivism, including the concept, characteristics and significance of reflective learning and the instruction of Constructivism. The ability to reflect on learning English is what college students should have, which is important to improve their language knowledge. The purpose of learning this kind of ability is that they can be more familiar with themselves in order to improve their English in a right way. Constructivism learning theory serves as a guiding principle to reflective learning.
What is reflection? In the academic context, ‘reflection’ is defined as; “a generic term for those intellectual and affective activities in which individuals engage to explore their experiences in order to lead to new understandings and appreciations. It may take place in isolation or in association with others. It can be done well or badly, successfully or unsuccessfully.” (Boud, Keogh and Walker, 1985, p.19 as cited in Huang, 2006, p.5) Needless to say, engaging in reflection at an academic level is more than passively remembering and more about actively assessing what was learnt. With that being said, reflection for action according to Open Campus (2015) is supposed to encourage students to; “self assess to determine how ready we are for the task and take strategic actions to deal with hindrances to success but with consideration being given to factors such as timeline (a resource factor), the complexity of the task and the competencies we already possess.” (p.85).
Reflection, what is it? By David Mulcahy. The Term reflection can have many meanings to many people. Reflection can carry meanings that range from the idea of professionals engaging in solitary introspection to that of engaging in deep meaningful conversations with others. But for this assignment I will focus on; what is refection in the clinical setting, why it is important for health care professionals to reflect and where the ideology of reflection came from.
Reflection has been strongly advocated by the English National Board for Nursing & Midwifery (1994), United Kingdom Central Council (UKCC) (1996), and a wealth of nursing literature over the past decade to improve nursing practice. Reflection is an in-depth consideration of events or situations outside of one-self, solitary, or with critical support. Burnard (1995) argues that, reflection has its roots in experiential learning, as it forms the second stage of the experiential learning cycle. Active reflection gives nurses the confidence in terms of clinical decision making. It can also be a meaning of identifying strengths and weaknesses in practice and enabling nurses to learn from their mistakes.
Reflection has been strongly advocated by the English National Board for Nursing & Midwifery (1994), United Kingdom Central Council (UKCC) (1996), and a wealth of nursing literature over the past decade to improve nursing practice. Reflection is un doubted an important concept in nursing and since 1994, reflection has succeeded in stimulating debate and investigation, and influencing nursing education around the world. Reflection is an in-depth consideration of events or situations outside of one-self, solitary, or with critical support. Burnard (1995) argues that reflection has its roots in experiential learning, as it forms the second stage of the experiential learning cycle. Active reflection gives nurses the confidence in terms of clinical
The first was my weekly journaling practice and reflections (along with a larger reflective process that has occurred throughout my time as a graduate student) which form essential evidence of my wonderings and experiences. The second source are the academic offerings and theories that have been shared during the course (and program) through required readings, cohort discussions and other research, which have influenced my ideas and practices. For each theme, I will share my reflections regarding how I can specifically adapt and integrate my learning, understandings, and evaluations of the theories we have engaged with into my practice. Through this reflection, I will then express the deepened learning I have experienced from the coursework we have engaged with. This will identify some specific areas of growth I have had, along with some ways I could do things differently moving forward in my practice.
2.2.1 Dialogic Reflection Dialogic reflection refers to a less intensive approach that involves ‘discourse with the self’ to explore a given event or incident. It involves considering the decisions and judgments made and possible reasons for these. An example of dialogic reflection is the basic model proposed by Brockbank& McGill (2000). The individual thinks about what they’re going to do in their lecture, about the information they’d like to convey, the methods they intend to use, the level of engagement and so on, in advance of the delivery of the class. Afterwards they then consider how well they achieved their intended goals and which aspects require further attention.