Over time the information will give us a good picture of how our practice has developed, what we use over and over again that seems to guarantee results and where we are struggling. From this we can identify any possible further training that could help, feel confident in the areas that are working well and be able to pass any useful methods onto others. Feedback from others is invaluable as often you see more when you are on the outside and it can often help to have another’s point of view. Feedback from others may come as a result of a performance review, a class observation or a general observation by a colleague. Reflective practice is essential to personal development and the goals and targets put in place at performance reviews can help to focus you and give you a renewed sense of ability to succeed and achieve.
1. Abstract: A student’s learning style is an important tool to strengthen an individual’s interpersonal communication skill. Upon self reflection, my most effective learning style is practical application of utilizing the tools required to accomplish a new skill. Combining it with an audience is paramount to improving the boundaries of my communication potential. To be able to adapt to change depends on your interpersonal communication skills, among these are self concept (self awareness) development, perception, active listening and non verbal communication.
It’s an impact on yourself learning and knowledge you have gained. Helps you to recognise on how to what you have done well so it can be put in practice for other situations. Also means in reflecting your own values, beliefs, and experiences which will help your thoughts and ideas to share with your colleagues. Use this to gain better strength weakness so that you learn from your own mistakes and take the appropriate actions in future. Improves your basic judgement and professionally enables you to apply skills to the personal development cycle.
The question now arises is that why we in general and teachers in particular should reflect on our practice? Firstly, it is required for personal and professional growth. With the help of reflective writings we attempt to enhance our mental capabilities and improve our practice. Also, it helps us to do things right and be able to justify our actions. Reflective writings make us creative and innovative and facilitate us to consider fundamental issues in learning.
1.1 Explain what reflective practice is Reflective practice is, in its simplest form, thinking about or reflecting on what you do. It is closely linked to the concept of learning from experience, in that you think about what you did, and what happened, and decide from that what you would do differently next time. 1.2 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided the importance of reflective practice is to to focus on what has worked well and what needs to be improved, it enables you to find if a different approach or technique is needed and helps develop self awareness 1.3 Explain how standards inform reflective practice in adult social care Standards may include the Code of practice, regulations , Essential Standards and national occupational standards. these standards inform reflective practise by informing own learning, helping one to think about professional accountability,enabling professional development and providing a way of identifying what is required for good practice 1.4 Describe how own values, belief systems and experiences may affect working practice Own values, belief systems and experiences may affect working practice by preventing conflict with others, fostering understanding of others’ views and perspectives, improving communication with others, favouring those who share your values, belief systems and experiences, not respecting others who do not share your values, belief systems and experiences 2.1 Explain how people may react and respond to receiving constructive feedback people may react by agreeing with the points raised and expressing a desire to improve, they may also ask questions or ask you to expand on exactly what is being said. they may also be defensive or express anxiety 2.2 Explain the importance of seeking feedback to improve practice and inform
Receive feedback from others about our behaviour our skills our values the way we relate to others about our very identity. Feedback is central to the process of reflection. Constructive feedback = essential to improve and increase the effectiveness of the service. Helps social care worker to adhere in learning and developing new skills. How people can react on constructive feedback or criticism : React : • People may react defensively.
It means thinking about how we could have done something differently, what we did well and what we could have done better. It also means reflecting our own values and beliefs and experiences which shape our thoughts and ideas. This will allow individuals to obtain a clearer picture of their own behaviour and a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, so they can learn from their own mistakes and take appropriate future actions. 1.2 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided Reflective practice is about taking a look at yourself and evaluate the effectiveness of your work and taking in consideration the views of the individual you support. The reason this is important is so you can make changes to how you work that lead to continuous improvement in the way you provide services.
Learning to work as a team and resolving any differences that may occur. Personality types are also used to determine how well you communicate effectively. A thinker seeks out truth on
The competencies exercise revealed my top strengths to be leading, cooperating, coping with pressure, networking, taking initiative and innovating. I am someone who enjoys leading and developing others to achieve results. I can improve upon my critical thinking skills by knowing my strengths and accepting my weaknesses. This will also help with evaluating arguments in a meaningful way. When one knows their competencies they can step up and utilize their strengths and leverage others when needed.
Assignment 6-3 Strategies for Self-Coaching Approaches to Self-Coaching Self-Coaching is a skill that needs to be acquired and one needs to know him or herself in order to have an effective and successful self-coaching.There are three strategies that comes to mind about self-coaching and these are : self-awareness/self –discovery, change in reaction of thoughts and speaking to myself. Self-awareness is knowing the kind of personality one has –like strengths,emotions ,weakness ,thoughts ,belifes and capabilities.Self-awareness allows me to understand myself and other people and that makes me display a better attitude at any given time.It is always important to think positive as the human mind is powerful.I can coach myself better if I refrain from negative thoughts;for example,when I start the day by saying “It’s going to be a great day” …I realize that even when a challenging situation comes my way my thoughts ,reactions and attitude towards the situation seems to be better than when I start with “ I can already tell that this day is going to be a rough one “. Another strategy to self-coaching is talking to myself.When I talk to myself It helps me my manage my emotions and limits anger and fraustration my life. Options to Implement my Personal Development Plan The first option to implement my personal development plan is to take control of my time and utilize it wisely.I have a goal to graduate in summer 2013 and in order to achieve that goal I will need to make some adjustments between work ,school and family life.Secondly I need to discover what my true passion in career is in order to obtain a job in that field after I graduate.I believe working in an area that I am passion about will boost my personality,make me competent on the job and in turn generate a good performance.Finally identifying and acting on my strengths based on my