Examples of Reflective Practice

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Samples of reflective writing Accounts 1-3 on the next page show different levels of reflection. They are based on a critical event that happened to a 22 year old in the workplace, after graduating. There are three accounts of the same event: giving a presentation at a team meeting. Each account is written with three different levels of reflection: • Descriptive writing: a description of events. There is no discussion beyond description and there is no evidence of reflection. • Descriptive reflection: there is a basic description of events as well as evidence of deeper consideration in relatively descriptive language. There is no real evidence of the notion of alternative viewpoints in use. • Critical reflection: there is a ‘stepping back’ from the events, with an exploration of the role of self in events and actions. There is consideration of possible alternatives for explaining and hypothesising, and it links factors and perspectives. When producing your own critical writing you could compare it against these different accounts: • Which account do you think you’ve written like? • Do you need to be more critically reflective? Account 1: descriptive writing I had to talk about the project that I am on. I was confident but I did spend quite a bit of time preparing. During the presentation I became nervous when I realised they were all waiting for me to speak and my nerves made my voice wobble. Afterwards I was disappointed that my presentation did not seem to have gone well. My boss suggested that I do a presentation to the team next week to improve my performance. Comments: • This account is only descriptive writing. The author does not consider how previous experiences could have had an impact on preparing for the presentation. • When writing about the presentation, the author does not talk through their feelings, for example why did they
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