Ros Healy

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Ros Healy

• Academic Manager, Ceth
• Associate Head of Centre for Employability

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Reflective learning

• You probably already know your preferred method
  of learning
• If you are a Reflector by nature you will enjoy
  learning logs
• If you are an Activist by nature you may find it
  a bit unnatural to do at first

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In either case these are only...
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PREFERENCES
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We can all do so many things
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• "Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may
  remember. Involve me, and I will understand."
• (Confucius 450 BC)

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Kolbs learning cycle

• A very influential model of learning
• Developed by David Kolb in Experiential Learning
  Experience as the source of learning and
  development (1984)
• There are 4 learning processes that must be
  present for learning to occur

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Activist

• Active Experimentation (simulations, case study,
  homework). What's new? I'm game for anything.
  Enjoys problem solving, small group discussions,
  peer feedback, and homework. Learns best from
  someone who is model of a professional, leaving
  the learner to determine her own criteria for
  relevance of materials.

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Theorist

• Abstract Conceptualization. Learns from lectures,
  papers, analogies. Works out how things relate
  to each other. Enjoys case studies, theory
  readings and thinking alone almost everything
  else, including talking with experts, is not
  helpful.

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Pragmatist

• Concrete Experience. Learns from laboratories,
  field work, observations. How can I apply this
  in practice? A self-directed autonomous learner
  who enjoys peer feedback, activities in which
  skills are used learns by having a coach/helper.

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Reflector

• Reflective Observation. Learns by keeping logs,
  journals, brainstorming. I'd like time to think
  about this. Enjoys lectures and learns from
  an expert interpretation, taskmaster/guide and
  judge.

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Which one felt like you?

• Or are you a mixture?

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• During the next week be aware of the ways in
  which you learn and the BEST and WORST
  experiences you have
• This will help us identify what kind of learner
  you are
• And how you can develop or balance that through
  your project

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Learning Logs

• Part of your assessment is a Reflective Learning
  Journal
• This will be easier for some learners (some of
  you) than others
• But everyone can succeed at it

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• A learning log is a personal record of your own
  learning. It is unique to you and will not be
  the same as anyone elses. Reflecting upon your
  own learning and experience is an important
  aspect of your own personal and professional
  development.

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• A Learning Log helps you to think about,
  structure, record and reflect upon your own
  learning. You will almost certainly be required
  to undertake a reflective process in your future
  career.

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Whats the difference?

• Objective
• Write H after the sentence (for What HAPPENED)

• Subjective
• Write R after the sentence (for what you
  REFLECTED)

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What happened?

• Section 1 is a brief description of how, when,
  where and with whom the learning took place.

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Your reflection

• Section 2 is the reflective, and the most
  important, part of the log. This focuses on the
  subjective experience of the learning. What did
  you feel like before after and during the
  learning? What changes did you experience in
  attitude, understanding analysis or synthesis?
  What did you think about in relation to this
  learning?

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What next?

• Section 3 is the plan for change. What will you
  now think, do, believe, accomplish, plan, prepare
  or consider differently on the basis of this
  reflective learning?

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Evaluation and review

• Section 4 is the follow-up. After a length of
  time (which will vary according to the level and
  type of learning) return to logs and assess in
  what ways your reflection has impacted on your
  practice or behaviours.
• If it has NOT changed you, explore why this
  should be and what that tells you about the
  learning.

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Felder Silverman Index

• Complete this simple learning style quiz to
  identify your preferences according to this model