Sunday 8 March, 2020
My Test
Today I used the reflective theories of Kolb and Schon.
Both of two models may be utilized to accomplish one task. Schön model (1991)
reflection in and on action, and Kolb reflective cycle (1984).
I took the assessment on the Self Reflection Sheet. The responses
are as follows below
How well do you think
you are meeting the expectations of your program so far?
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Neutral
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How well have you been keeping up with weekly
course requirements e.g. reading, exercises?
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How well are you doing in
assignments or preparation for exams so far?
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How well have you been managing your
time? (are you organised enough to get the important things done in your
academic work and your life?
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Self-
Reflection:
What do you want to
do and what changes do you need to make to stay on track towards success?
I
feel that I need to balance things out more. For examples, I am studying another
module and the new area is information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. In my effort to be comfortable with the ICT
reading material, I spend a lot of online hours viewing YouTube clips. I am
feeling stressed. The reason being is that I am trying to learning about it by
theory when I have little practical knowledge (Schön, 1991).
As a result, I spend a lot of time in the field asking questions and taking
pictures as my reference pointed is very abbreviated (Kolb, 1984). I also realized that learning through and
from experience helped me to look at things differently (Schön ,1991).
Planning:
When and how will you
begin? Be specific in your response.
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I
will start from the night before to pick out my clothes.
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Pack
my lunch
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I
will start my early morning with some exercises at home.
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Water
my plants in the early morning in the garden.
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Get
my motivational songs - playing.
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Got
to work and be the best possible version of myself
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Exercise
when I get home
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Do
some gardening
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Relax
and start my reading, assignments for 4 hours
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Complete
Assignments as directed
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Repeat
process
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Evaluate
process at the end of 3 days.
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Tweak
and go
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Repeat
process
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This
should change Neutral, Fairly
well to Very well
In this reflection, I was able to
reflection on and examine the knowledge, and skills that I was “bringing to the
table”. Based on my test, some of the question made me reflect, and feel uncomfortable. I also realized that
another underlying event was causing the distraction - the constant hunt for
the correct
link to the Blackboard collaborative room. It is a mess.
In My Work Context
For
me, the most meaningful experience was when one of my colleagues at work needed
my help on how to download a YouTube video clip from her email to her flash
drive. This was her back-up plan in the
event that there was no internet during her lesson. I provided her a link to my
YouTube video clip that proved to useful. She viewed the video and I assisted her
through the steps on how to convert the video clip to MP4. She did four MP4 conversions, two with my
help and the other two on her own. I
felt a feeling of pride as she was comfortable with the new skill learned.
See My YouTube Video Clip
References
Kolb,
D. (1984) Experiential Learning as the Science of Learning and Development.
Prentice Hall, New Jersey
Schön,
D. (1991). The reflective practitioner. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate
In his research, Schön made a useful distinction between reflection on action (thinking after the event) and reflection in action (thinking on your feet). Both are integral to being a professional.
ReplyDelete• What changes in practice have come from reflecting on and in your practice?
• Can you identify further opportunities for reflection on and in practice in your setting?
• What is one step you can take to create or strengthen a culture of critical reflection in your workplace?
Looking forward to your response.
In response to your question Dreana Marshall-Stuart
ReplyDelete• What changes in practice have come from reflecting on and in your practice?
The changes in my practice from reflecting on something is that I have a better understanding of what not to do next time or what to continue doing. Whereas, the changes in my practice from reflecting in something is that I have a better pool of strategies to draw from in the moment.
• Can you identify further opportunities for reflection on and in practice in your setting?
Further opportunities for reflection on practice would be with my colleagues about a particular aspect of my lesson, or a situation that happened within my class to get their view point and see it from their perspective. For reflection in practice, dialoguing/discussing the action with my students. I would ask my students the question, “What would you do?” They would be involved in the learning process in the area of decision making in regard to a minor discipline problem, or sharing a resource, or forming groups.
• What is one step you can take to create or strengthen a culture of critical reflection in your workplace?
The one step I can take to strengthen a culture of critical reflection in my workplace is to talk with my students. The talk will be about their Wildly Important Goals (WIG) which they wrote down from the first start of the school in August. These are the goals that matter the most in which were be related to school, home and personal. They can be given reflective exercises on their WIG. The aspect to reflect on each goals that were written to see where they were, to reflect in where they are now, and map out strategies to get there.