Reflection

Non-learning Actions

Habitual behavior creates same response; it something unexpected happens you don’t notice or think about it

Pre Assuming: follow same pattern so you assume the outcome (like you didnt study for test, so you assume you will fail)

Non-consideration: Unexpected outcome happens, but you dont think about it further and ignore it

Rejecting: Unexpected outcome happens, you notice it, but reject further analyzing or ideas

non learning actions lead to missed opertiunites

non-reflective actions

Actions that use some degree of thought, but fail to critically analyze outcomes or learn from experiences.

They can either

—> Take mental activity: thinking

—> Taking physcial activity: move to make a action

—> Take emotional response: may make you feel some type of way

Reflecting actions

Contemplation: a person considers experience, and makes intellectual decisions about it

—> critically analyze what happened in order to improve in the future

—> requires some sort of theory or idea

Expirmental learninng cycle and David Kolb

David Kolb:Developed a model of experiential learning consisting of four stages:

concrete experience

reflective observation

abstract conceptualization

and active experimentation

Types of Reflection

Content: What is being down

Process: How is it done

Premise: why is it being done

Blooms Taxamony

knowledge—> comprehension—> application—> analyzing—> synthesizing—> evaluation

Triggers that cause Reflection

Disorienting dilemma—> person goes through something unexpected that does not fit with their perspectives

Critical Reflection

• person considers their underlying assumptions, where they came from, and how they limit their undertsanding

• often involves emotional response

Triggers that Cause people to Relfect and change perspectives

Perspective taking: person seeks other people’s ideas and approaches

Critical Discussion: when a person is conversing with others who have different approaches and ideas that cause them to think critically about their own

New meaning perspective: learner reevaluates their own ideas and approaches and considers integrating them

Implementation: Person chooses whether to apply new perspectives or not

Tools of Reflection

• journaling

• E-portfolio

• Reflective Essay

• Feedback session with collugues

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