Eymp4 Help Please!!!!!!!!!! - Silkysteps early years forum

emziebub88 · #1 11-06-2013, 07:34 PM

Hi all, I have just had another assignment from my assessor and I am REALLY stuck!!!!!! So any help at all would be appreciated muchly!!!!!!

1. Explain the importance of reviewing your own practice as part of being an effective practitioner and undertake a reflective analysis of your own practice.

2. Include an explanation of how you would develop strategies to deal with areas of difficulty and challenges encountered in professional practice in early years settings, in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion.

WHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!! !!!!!!

tutu · #2 11-06-2013, 07:56 PM

haven't you had any teaching on it!!!! you need to research reflective practice and the reflective methods most commonly used such as SWOT or KOLB then you need to use the methods and reflect on your own practice. all of this should be taught it is not easy!

emziebub88 · #3 11-09-2013, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tutu

haven't you had any teaching on it!!!! you need to research reflective practice and the reflective methods most commonly used such as SWOT or KOLB then you need to use the methods and reflect on your own practice. all of this should be taught it is not easy!

Hi, no i havent had any teaching on this at all, hence why I'm so confused what to do :( I will have a look at KOLB and SWOT, thanks for the suggestions, I'm hoping it sinks in soon lol

Minty-Chops · #4 11-09-2013, 10:27 PM

reflective practice is a huge thing and you may have to mention it a few times, its excellent to practice it whenever possible.

Reflective practice in a nutshell allows us to look back and evaluate our practice as professionals. In doing this we can learn what works and what doesn't enabling ourselves to engage in better practice and plan more suitably for our setting.

To undertake a reflective analysis is to purely evaluate an activity or session. You can bullet point activities, underneath summerise how they went, positives and negatives then conclude how to improve for next time. i.e for me, telling a story can be tricky. If its long children can be bored quickly. after a not so positive story telling session, i learnt that i should 1. tel the children the rules of story time (sitting, listening, hands to themselves) and to keep the story interesting, use expression, ask questions, get children to guess whats happening next bring hand puppets in. it doesn't have to be long winded and complicated. Keep it simple :) good luck! xx