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Reflection

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is the process of thinking about what you do

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and why you do it.

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It's a way of analyzing the things that

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you do and challenging your existing beliefs or assumptions

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in order to learn from a situation.

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Do you ever find yourself replaying the events of the day in your head,

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whether it's going through a conversation that happened,

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thinking about a sequence of events that led to a certain conclusion,

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or thinking about how you felt or reacted at a point in time?

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At this level, we are quite used to the idea of reflecting on our own actions.

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However, there is a difference between reflective thinking

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and reflective practice

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and that reflective practice is a deliberate way of

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thinking about experiences in order to learn from them.

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Reflective practice is a way of continuously learning new knowledge,

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skills and behaviors whilst testing them out during our everyday actions.

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In this way, it's closely linked to the concept of learning from experience

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by thinking about what you did,

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what happened and deciding what you would do differently next time.

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Lots of different people have written about reflective practice over the years,

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which has led to a variety of different models and theories.

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You may have come across some of these.

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One of the first people to write about reflective practice was John Dewey,

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who defined reflective practice as

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the active,

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persistent and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge

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in the light of the grounds that support it

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in practice.

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This means having a questioning approach considering why things are as

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they are and thinking about how they could be different.

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Some key features of reflection include,

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it helps us to be conscious of our potential for bias and discrimination.

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It encourages us to look at issues from different perspectives

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which help us to scrutinize our own values and assumptions.

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It helps us to avoid past mistakes and challenges. In order to improve our practice,

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it maximizes our opportunities for learning.

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It's an active process of learning which

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involves more than thinking or thoughtful action.

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Reflection helps us to prevent our skills from becoming out of date.

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And it's a cyclical process where reflection leads to the development of new

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ideas which are then used to plan the next stages of learning.

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You will all have different levels of experience

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in using reflective practice within your role.

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Some of you may be teaching reflective practice

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to learners as part of their apprenticeship programs.

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Whilst for others, the term may be relatively new.

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It doesn't matter what your starting point is,

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everyone will have a unique experience of using reflective practice,

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all of which are important and will form a good

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basis for building on as you complete this module.

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A key aim of the module is to provide

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you with the opportunity to learn from experience,

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how valuable reflective practice can be

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in supporting you in your role and your career moving forward.