REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS The Decision I am in the military and the decisions that I make effects someone or something either directly or indirectly. My status in the military allows me to make all sorts of decisions, from what pens and furniture to purchase to who to send to war, where and when. This particular decision I want to talk about is a decision that involved peoples lives. This decision changed my aspect of life and the military as I knew it. I was in charged of this element that was getting
professional identities are currently undergoing profound change due to the expediting revolutions of the modern world, but ‘to meet these challenges teachers need a robust sense of personal-identity and a commitment to professional development and reflective practice’ (Gu 2007:4, cited Pollard, 2014). Thus, teachers must arbitrate between the past, present and future as ‘an education system needs to serve the needs of society when that society is undergoing profound and accelerating change…the teaching
assumptions governing their actions, locate the historical and cultural origins of the assumptions, question the meaning of the assumptions, and develop alternative ways of acting (Cranton 1996). Brookfield (1995) adds that part of the critical reflective process is to challenge the prevailing social, political, cultural, or professional ways of acting. Through the process of critical reflection, adults come to interpret and create new knowledge and actions from their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary
placement. Reflective practice has become very popular over the last few decades throughout a variety of professions. In some professions it has become one of the defining features of competence. The wide spread utilization of reflective practice is due to the fact that it ‘rings true’ (Loughran, 2000). Within different disciplines, what is understood by reflective practice varies considerably (Fook et al, 2006). Despite this, some agreement has been achieved. In general, reflective practice is
“Maybe reflective practices offer us a way of trying to make sense of the uncertainty in our workplaces and the courage to work competently and ethically at the edge of order and chaos…” (Ghaye, 2000, p.7) In order to fully understand the personal development and reflective reasoning in relation to your development in the Nursing field, one will have to define these two terminologies. Personal development means to include activities that improve awareness, can develop potential that will ultimately
Following the knowledge I have through this module, I applied SWOT analysis on myself as explained by Porter, (1980). It helped me in understanding my strengths and weaknesses and also identifying both in an opened opportunity as an HR professional. CONCLUSION Williams, Woolliams and Spiro (2012 p5) state that reflective writing is new to most students. I felt that they are right because I had never thought or written a reflective essay until I am asked to write this assignment. It is a new idea
the role of the director in modeling reflective practice as a tool to move a program towards programmatic excellence. Childcare directors are closely connected to all aspects of the childcare program; they supervise and support the teachers and staff and they work with the children and families. They are responsible for the program administration. They are the program manager and the center leader. This paper will suggest ways to incorporate more reflective practice into our programs at Kennedy
stand-alone model or as an eclectic mix of the various models, Reflection has been shown to be a highly useful tool for any practitioner and when used in a consistent and proactive manner can serve to benefit the practitioner and the patient. The reflective model of learning should be organic and not static as that way the practitioner will develop better clinical skills and will then have a better understanding of why they do what they do and why it works. All the theories appear to have a base in
Observation – A Guidance for School Representatives. OFSTED, (2004) Why colleges Succeed. O’Leary, Matt (2014) Classroom Observation: A Guide to the Effective Observation of Teaching and Learning, Routledge, Oxon. Pollard, Andrew (2014) Readings for Reflective Teaching in schools, 2nd edition, Bloomsbury, London. P’Rayan, A (2013). Peer Observation of Teaching: A tool for Professional Development. Roberson, B. (2008) Peer Observation and Assessment of Teaching, University of Texas Skills For Life (2005)
deeply about a subject, involving influence from one’s life and experiences, thus a reflective journal is designed to help me think deeply about my learning, especially on issues such as: my progress in learning, the difficulties I may have encountered in the process of learning, the strategies I have taken to get around those difficulties, and my evaluation of my own performance. For the study, writing a reflective learning journal helps me: bring together theory and practice and yield better understanding
I have learned many new things about myself. I have learned in detail who I am as a learner, a teacher and as a participant in my community. Through the use of the material addressed in modules two, six and eight, I am able to conduct a critical analysis of myself and what I have learned in the course that is relevant to my academic and professional career. Module two touched on many important topics; however what I took away most from this module was the discussion of the three lenses. Within this
The intention of the essay is to show reflective self-analysis, which will be described from strengths and weaknesses, personality, skills, learning styles, emotional intelligence and psychometric profile in order to develop myself to have sense of employability for my career in the future. Once Trought (2012) says that employability skills can help establishing success. Therefore, it is very crucial to review oneself as a first step. One of the skills that I can do best is listening, which I count
Reflective Essay This reflective essay will critically review my personal and professional skills that I am less confident in whilst in practise, which is essential for communication and developing effective relationships with others in an organization and even for personal development. The skills identified for improvement was highlighted in a skills audit for communication and effective relationships. A SWOT analysis was carried out to focus on the skills recognised, where finally an action plan
Reflective Speech Draft Speeches have been used for thousands of years to communicate ideas and influence others. Ralph Waldo Emerson; American poet, essayist and lecturer, once said, "Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense." He was correct, speech is indeed a powerful tool which has the ability to influence and persuade an audience; if an audience is positioned carefully and the speech is written in such a
Reflective Essay When I first started Comp 1 my main goal for the class was to pass it and get the college credit. At first, the grade did not matter to me that much. Now that I am almost done with the class my goal has changed to passing Comp 1 with an A. I changed my goal because, I realized that I had grown as a writer to the point that I could do it. In this essay I will explain everything I learned and how I grew as a writer from essay to essay. Our first essay we wrote was an Ad Analysis essay
According to Paul (1999), reflective practice has become a dominant paradigm in second language teacher education in recent years. Further, Biggs (2003) cited that learning new technique for teacing is like the fish that provides a meal for today which same as reflective practice that acts as the net that provides the meal for the rest of one’s life. To begin with, reflective practice has been a major movement since the eighties in teacher education (Calderhead, 1989; Cruickshank &Applegate, 1981;
I chose Luis Hernandez for my artifact. It is from Dr. Rodriguez’s EDRE 4861 Language Arts and Social Studies Instructional K-8 fall class. It fits the criteria for standard # 8; understanding and using a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.. I understand I need a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop a deep understanding
Reflective Memo English 202C is the class specially provided for engineering students preparing them for the future profession. The course practices students on formal writing in the engineering scale, moreover, it trains the critical thinking of the students through the technical memo practice. Through the six weeks writing course, in the end of the day, there is a lot of things to take away. The concept I appreciated the most is the course teaches engineering student how to describe, explain things
During my clinical experiences an issue in the intensive care units that has been constant and not addressed is high noise levels and its contribution to a reduction in rest and therefore patient outcomes. At my clinical rotation I met a 49-year-old patient who complained to me about the noise levels of the unit. She complained about the monitor’s beeping and I.V fluid machines alarming loudly, the noise of the staff on the unit talking and joking loudly and completing tasks, and the constant interruptions
understanding of who the writer and the audience is, what is the subject or topic, the reason or occasion and finally the purpose of why the argument it being written (p.1-4). In this essay we will take a step by step look at how to construct a reflective argument in response to Michael Hardt’s “Are we capable of Democracy” argument in Examined Life.