‘Reflective Practice’

Education theory (7)National Liaisons Workshop

ITOCA / BLDS

Reflection

“Look within!... the secret is inside you.”Hui-neng

Overall Objectives

• Understand why a reflective practice is important to improving effectiveness in teaching

• Introduced to the competency-based framework for assessing trainer competencies– Understand how you can use this to inform

practice– Identify continual development needs– Work to a standard

Why Reflection is Important?

• It enables us to:– Learn from our experiences of teaching and

facilitating learning– Review our own teaching so we might

continuously develop as trainersAny others? Discuss, 5 minutes

The Kolb Cycle

• A useful model to develop your reflective practice– The Learning

Cycle – The Experiential

Learning Cycle

Kolb’s cycle explained

• Four different stages of learning from experience

• Entered at any point

• All stages must be followed in sequence for successful learning

Is experiencing enough?

• The Learning Cycle suggests:– Not sufficient to have an experience in order to

learn– Necessary to reflect on the experience – Make generalisations– Formulate concepts – Apply to new situations

How do I reflect?

• You MUST test LEARNING out in new situations

• You MUST make the link between the theory and action by:– Planning– Acting out– Reflecting – Relating back to theory

Reflective Practice in Training

• Peer or Self-Assessment– Must be supportive

• Competency-based approach– Standard’s orientated• Teacher Observation Rubric• Process

– Peer assessment– Instructor assessment leading to award– Iterative (pre-, post- / in situ)

Activity: #7 Reflective Journal

• Review the three reflective statements of a training session– Discuss in your groups, 5 minutes– Which reflective statement will be most useful to

the teacher post-training?