CHCORG428A Reflect on and improve own professional practice Session1

1. Reflective Practice In our community of practice

2. Something to start us thinking! IQ is a reliable indicator of learning ability Reflectiveness is a critical element in learning Teaching adults is the same as teaching children Learning on-the-job is the best way of learning

3. The context of this topic within the industry. Key words: ·Reflect ·improve upon ·professional we need to: ·think about what we do ·reflect on how we could do it better ·locate what we do, and the standard to which we do it, within a professional framework.

4. “Reflective teachers never stop asking themselves what the nature of teaching really is.” Max van Manen 1994, “ Pedagogy, virtue and narrative identity in teaching” cited in P.Willis,1998 Inviting Learning

5. Why is the process of reflection, evaluation and continuing professional development important?

7. lower staff turnover

8. higher productivity

9. better client service

11. SELF-EVALUATION Self-evaluation is both a concept, and a set of strategies or tools. It refers to our understanding of ourselves – how we ‘manage’ ourselves and the growing need to manage change.

12. What do I do well? What could I do better? The conceptual approach to managing self or ‘self-evaluation’ stresses that the most effective workers and managers know themselves. They know: Their strengths Weaknesses What they stand for – their values When to say yes and when to say no What they want to achieve.

13. Small Group Discussion Ask yourselves How do I: work better under pressure? meet core functions within deadlines? maintain enthusiasm for my job? Maintain my health? Manage my time?

14. Our own professional journey Personal wikis: A place to practise becoming critically reflective learners.

17. Why does Reflective Learning matter?

18. Reflective Learning

19. Reflective Learning What does it mean to you?

20. Reflective Learning: Questioning WHO SAYS SO? IN WHOSE INTEREST? WHY? WHAT’S MISSING? WHAT IF? accuracy logic depth fairness credibility intellectual clarity

21. Reflective Learning: Bridging § Reflection can help to bridge the gap between theory and practice http://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/CommunityExperience/

22. Reflective Learning: Incorporating I’ve started to incorporate reflective practice into my work… I’m now much more aware of what’s working and whether things need to be changed.

23. Reflective Learning: Sustaining § Reflection can help deal with ambiguity, stress and change http://www.sussex.ac.uk/elearning/splash.php

24. Reflective Learning: Empowering A person with strong critical thinking skills can be described as self-directed, self-monitored and self-disciplined. http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/define-critical-thinking.html

25. Reflective Learning: Illuminating § Reflection leads to critical awareness http://aidanoconnor.wordpress.com/

26. Reflective Learning: Analysing You know when you’ve done something wrong but before I would have been looking for how to put it right straight away – I’d have gone for the quick fix… Now I look at why it went wrong, I analyse it more. http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/define-critical-thinking.html

27. Reflective Learning: Applying What is one idea/activity you will put into practice after this session? http://reflectivelearners.blogspot.com/