{"id":166,"date":"2013-10-28T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T16:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/eportfolio\/?p=166"},"modified":"2013-10-28T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T16:03:01","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2013\/10\/28\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"What is reflective practice?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are substantial benefits in being a reflective student. Research shows that students who are reflective when learning will have a deeper understanding of their subject.<\/p>\n

What does being reflective mean?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There is a lot of research around reflective learning.<\/p>\n

David Kolb – Experiential Learning<\/h3>\n

David Kolb is an American educationalist whose work focuses on experiential learning. Experiential learning is learning that takes place from experiences. He developed a learning cycle that shows learning taking place initially from experiencing a situation, then reflecting on that situation, forming generalisations and concepts, and then applying the knowledge learned. (click the image to enlarge)<\/p>\n

\"Kolb<\/a><\/p>\n

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Donald Sch\u00f6n – Reflection-in-action\/Reflection-on-action<\/h3>\n

Reflection does not just take place after an event. Schon explained that reflection, albeit quick and less considered reflection, can take place during an event as well.<\/p>\n

Graham Gibbs – Reflective Cycle<\/h3>\n

Gibbs expanded on Kolb’s experiental learning cycle. He described a structured debriefing process to enable reflection.\u00a0(click the image to enlarge)<\/p>\n

\"Graeme<\/a><\/p>\n

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Further reading:<\/p>\n

Sch\u00f6n, D. (1983) The Reflective Practitioner, How Professionals Think In Action<\/em>, Basic Books.<\/p>\n

Kolb. D. A. and Fry, R. (1975) Toward an applied theory of experiential learning.<\/em> in C. Cooper (ed.), Theories of Group Process, London: John Wiley.<\/p>\n

Gibbs, G. (1988)\u00a0Learning by doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods<\/em>, Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development,\u00a0. London: Further Education Unit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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