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Originally Posted by kirsty31
Can anyone please help me on 404 813, How learning through reflection can increase professional knowledge and skills. Any help is much appreciated thankyou.  |
Hi Kirsty
hope this helps
Reflective practice is a continuous process and involves the learner considering critical incidents in his/her life experiences. Reflective practice involves thoughtfully considering ones own experiences in applying knowledge to practice while being coached by other professionals
When to use reflection
• To analyse the care we offer children – Thinking about the standard of care that we give children and the level of support that we give to fellow practitioners is part of our everyday practice. We will often need to step back and look at how things are going in the setting. This is the process that will help to identify whether we are effective in our work role or whether what we do to meet the needs of those we support in the setting needs adjusted or changed, not only do we use reflection to analyse our effectiveness in meeting the needs of children but also to identify whether your personal input meets best practice.
• To make sure the environment meets the needs of children and families – We also have duty of care to provide an adequate environment in which the care and the learning needs of the children are met and can take place. Regulatory guidance detailed in the five welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework help you ascertain what is considered as an adequate environment for children and also details aspects of the environment with which you should give due regard. Areas for improvement or review can hopefully be identified by ensuring you understand what these requirements are and by reflecting on your own provision.
• To ensure colleagues and fellow practitioners can fulfil their job roles effectively – Reflection here can be seen as a three way observation – looking at the practitioner, the setting and yourself. By reflecting on performance you can be provided with evidence that will help to conclude if the practitioner is fulfilling their job role sufficiently. We can also use reflection to ascertain whether there is an obvious need for practitioners to have further support and development opportunities
• To ensure best practice is being implemented at all times – reflecting on how things are done and why they are done, that way is only beneficial if you seek to find better methods of working where there is a need. Public Policies that affect your working practices must be given due regard. When trying to establish what best practice is it is important to consider that your ways of working complement the goals and desired outcomes set by national and local government agencies. By measuring and controlling the two any issues could be identified for development and improvement
• To look at your own effectiveness in the setting – your own personal effectiveness in a setting can be looked at through reflection and will help you to identify how you model good practice in service delivery and how this impacts others.
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