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4  Models  of  Reflective  Practice  

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Greenaway  (1995)    3  simple  stages  of  reflective  practice:  

Doing  it  

Thinking  about  what  you  did  

Planning  what  to  do  next    

 

�  outlines  three  simple  steps  to  help  learn  from  experience  seen  as  a  reflective  cycle  

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Rolfe  et  al.  (2001)    Consider  

What  happened?  

What  does  it  mean?  

What  can  you  take  forwards  from  this?    

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Kolb  (1984)  Describes  experiential  learning  as  starting  from  being  immersed  in  a  direct  encounter  

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Gibbs  (1988)  Identifies  a  series  of  6  steps  to  aid  reflective  practice  

 (including  emotions/feelings)  

   

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Sources  

� Gibbs,  G.  (1988)  A  Guide  to  Teaching  and  Learning  Methods,  Oxford:  FEU,  Oxford  Polytechnic  

� Greenaway,  R.  (1995)  Powerful  Learning  Experiences  in  Management,  Learning  &  Development,  [online]  University  of  Lancaster,  Available  at  http://reviewing.co.uk/research/ple_abs.htm#mai  [date  accessed,  10/9/10]  

� Kolb,  D.  (1984)  Experiential  Learning  Experience  as  a  Source  of  Learning  and  Development,  Upper  Saddle  River  NJ:  Prentice  Hall  

� Rolfe,  G.,  Freshwater,  D.,  &  Jasper  M.  (2001)  Critical  Reflections  in  Nursing  and  the  Helping  Professions:  a  User’s  Guide,  Basingstoke:  Palgrave  Macmillan  

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