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The Reflective Journal Gibbs Reflective Cycle Model: Writing and Professional Development
Reflective Practice Gibbs' Reflective Cycle Model
An excellent tool to support the development of professional practice. The Reflective Journal is crucial for professionals, as it guides writers through stages of development of reflective skills. Gibbs' Reflective Cycle is one of the most famous and effective cyclical models of reflection. The use of structured debriefing to facilitate the reflection involved in Kolb’s experimental learning cycle.
Gibbs presents the stages of fully structured debriefing as
Initial experience, description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, and action plan.
Practitioners, teachers, nurses, counsellors, coaches, and occupational therapists can keep all their reflective notes in one place.
Why do we reflect?
• Promotes creativity•
• Challenge assumptions•
• Appreciation of what works•
• Evaluate one’s performance•
• It helps you express emotions•
• Identify development opportunities•
• It increases self-awareness and control•
• It is a crucial skill for practitioner psychologists•
• It is a process of learning from practical experience•
• It helps you develop the skills to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically•
• It helps you develop the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, creating toughness•
• The more detailed and careful our reflection, the more opportunities we have for development •
• It is vital to continue learning to identify and improve the practical theories that guide practice •
An excellent tool to support the development of professional practice. The Reflective Journal is crucial for professionals, as it guides writers through stages of development of reflective skills. Gibbs' Reflective Cycle is one of the most famous and effective cyclical models of reflection. The use of structured debriefing to facilitate the reflection involved in Kolb’s experimental learning cycle.
Gibbs presents the stages of fully structured debriefing as
Initial experience, description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, and action plan.
Practitioners, teachers, nurses, counsellors, coaches, and occupational therapists can keep all their reflective notes in one place.
Why do we reflect?
• Promotes creativity•
• Challenge assumptions•
• Appreciation of what works•
• Evaluate one’s performance•
• It helps you express emotions•
• Identify development opportunities•
• It increases self-awareness and control•
• It is a crucial skill for practitioner psychologists•
• It is a process of learning from practical experience•
• It helps you develop the skills to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically•
• It helps you develop the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, creating toughness•
• The more detailed and careful our reflection, the more opportunities we have for development •
• It is vital to continue learning to identify and improve the practical theories that guide practice •
200 pages, Paperback
Published December 16, 2022
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