Edited by Jonathan Turner, Tuesday, 28 Jan 2014, 10:13
My thoughts on Gibbs Cycle of Reflection....
Think about how the Gibbs Cycle of Reflection could be useful when writing the reflective parts of your TMAs, as outlined in the Assignment Guide.
There are clear benefits to conducting reflection and as a language teacher and teacher trainer reflection has part of my bed and butter for 20 years of professional practice.
Gibbs cycle is one of a number of reflection cycles and what they have in common is that each phase feeds into the next and ultimately starts again. The most familiar model is probably action research which includes reflection in its DNA as well.
This particular cycle is a good one in that it is easy to follow and implement and is described using non-technical vocabulary. Not everyone will be comfortable with such a prescriptive approach to reflection, but as someone with a lot of balls to keep in the air at any one time I’m happy to be prescribed to J so I will follow the cycle in my learning journal (my blog posts) and I’m sure that the entries will provide a rich resource that will help me through the TMAs.
Just so I don’t forget the cycle is:
Description – What happened?
Feeling – What were you thinking and feeling at the time?
What was good and bad about the experience?
Analysis – What sense can be made of the situation?
H817 Week 00 part 2
My thoughts on Gibbs Cycle of Reflection....
Think about how the Gibbs Cycle of Reflection could be useful when writing the reflective parts of your TMAs, as outlined in the Assignment Guide.
There are clear benefits to conducting reflection and as a language teacher and teacher trainer reflection has part of my bed and butter for 20 years of professional practice.
Gibbs cycle is one of a number of reflection cycles and what they have in common is that each phase feeds into the next and ultimately starts again. The most familiar model is probably action research which includes reflection in its DNA as well.
This particular cycle is a good one in that it is easy to follow and implement and is described using non-technical vocabulary. Not everyone will be comfortable with such a prescriptive approach to reflection, but as someone with a lot of balls to keep in the air at any one time I’m happy to be prescribed to J so I will follow the cycle in my learning journal (my blog posts) and I’m sure that the entries will provide a rich resource that will help me through the TMAs.
Just so I don’t forget the cycle is: