Hi welcome to Silkysteps, reflection can be a little like moving furniture around your playroom or home. Once it's moved you stand back, take a look, see if things are better .. can still get to what's needed, if not things are moved again ..
Reflection for practice is the same, the way things are done may not always be the only way to do them. Reflecting to see this helps identify gaps and areas that can be improved.
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Using reflection to connect and inspire learning
Professional confidence
Why advocate
During practice ie. when you're in action, you make on the job decisions, observations and professional judgements. When it's after practice, in hindsight you analyse theoretically - what happened, could of happened. This enables you to identify how changes were successful or less successful/effective or ineffective.
More information can be found here:
How to layout a reflective account -
writing a RA - example template for reflective account
The books by pra
ctical preschool are useful reads:
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