Kolb's Reflective Cycle (1984)
Key Points
- Focuses on experiential learning: learning that takes place from experiences.
- A model that takes place from concrete experience (experiencing a situation), then reflecting on that situation, forming concepts and then testing those concepts.
Gibb's Reflective Cycle
Key Points
- An expansion of Kolb's cycle, which focuses on a structured set of reflection stages.
Schon's Reflective Cycle
Key Points
- Reflection does not happen specifically after an event, but rather throughout.
- This reflection, however brief, or less considered is still vital.
Applying a Reflective Cycle to my Personal Development Plan
In this case I am going to apply Schon's method of reflection to my intentions of improving my organisation and time management skills. I set this as the highest priority when creating my PDP.
To further this skill I set myself the target of creating an action plan for each of my projects. As an aid to this I organised meetings with my course leader (Corrina) to help guide me in the right direction in addition to breaking down my priorities in to more manageable chunks. As a results I have already produced an action plan for the current project (Narrative), which details relevant pieces that need to be included in my work. Doing this made me feel much more positive about my work in general and made me feel more at ease because of the smaller scale of each point. What I feel is really helpful is being able to check things off, so my action plan contains tick boxes. Personally, once I have a point marked off it gives me a sense of achievement and consequently more confidence in my own work. Initially, however, doing this made me feel anxious and slightly overwhelmed by the scale of work that would have to be done. I still have room for more improvement in developing this skill. Potentially by creating project timelines, I can push myself further in this area.