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L8 - Critical Thinking and Reflective Writing Flashcards

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What is being reflective?

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Critically analysing an experience that happened to you byt looking at the impact and how it will influence you moving forward.

Not just how you did something, but WHY

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6 reasons why we should reflect?

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  1. To contextualise and question your experience
  2. To understand a process
  3. To enhance self-awareness - understand your decisions and feelings
  4. To improve your practice in the future and to promote professional growth
  5. Improve client outcomes
  6. To build connectiontions between theory and practice.
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How does Driscoll’s reflective model look?

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What? –> So What? –> Now what?

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How does Gibbs’ reflective model look?

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Description
Feelings
Evaluation
Analysis
Conclusion
Personal Action Plan

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How does Kolb’s reflective model look?

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Concrete experience
Reflective observation
Abstract conceptualism
Active experimentation

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What is at the heart of reflection?

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Critical thinking

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Reflectives should not be descriptive, they should be…

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Analytical

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When doing reflections, don’t just describe what happened, ask…

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WHY

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True or False: Relfection requires referencing of relevant literature

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True

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In descriptive vs critical writing, you should not just state what happens, you should…

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Identify the significance of the events

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In descriptive vs critical writing, you should not just state what something is like, you should…

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Evaluate strengths and weaknesses

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In descriptive vs critical writing, you should not just explain what a theory says, you should…

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Show why a theory is relevant or suitable

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In descriptive vs critical writing, you should not just state the different components, you should…

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Weigh up the importance of the component parts

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In descriptive vs critical writing, you should not just state links between ideas, you should…

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Show the relevance of links between ideas

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In descriptive vs critical writing, you should not just cite secondary references, you should…

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Engage with and evaluate other authors’ work

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In descriptive vs critical writing, you should not just give information, you should…

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Draw conclusions

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What is the heartbeat of critical thinking?

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The longing to know

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In reflective writing, you don’t tell the whole story in detail, you..

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Say why the situation was significant

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In reflective writing, you don’t make minimal references to theory, you..

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Relate your experience to theory

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In reflective writing, you don’t provide simplistic/superficial amount, you..

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Explore causes and effects in depth

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In reflective writing, you don’t jump to conclusions, you..

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Consider different perspectives

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In reflective writing, you don’t provide little concrete evidence, you..

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Use specific observations as evidence

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In reflective writing, you don’t give little indication of new learning, you..

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Clearly show greater understanding

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How can reflective writing be represented on a graph?

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What structured approach should you use in reflective writing?
PEE - Point - Evidence - Evaluatoin
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What does PEE stand for in reflective writing?
Point Evidence Evaluation
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What should you do in the evaluation section of your PEE reflective writing?
Explain the significance of your evidence Articulate why it matters Use it to support your argument What matters and why
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What should you do in the evidence section of your PEE reflective writing?
Support your point with: - quotes - paraphrases - discuss relevant sources
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What should you do in the point section of your PEE reflective writing?
What's the main idea? Introduce your subject
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What do we wave-down in relfective writing?
Starts with a deep level of analysis or theory. Then works downward into a specific example or experience.
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Example sentences of wave-down in relfective writing?
Concept X is particularly evident in the case of Drawing A Concept of X provides useful insight into my experience Brown (2020) exmphasises the importance of... which was mirrored when...
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What is wave-up in reflective writing?
Starts from a real experience or event. Then moves upwards toward deeper analysis, learning, and theory.
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Example sentences in wave-up reflective writing?
Drawinf A is typical of what Brown (00) describes as... My experience of X provides support for Concept X... The actions fo certain group members can be illuminated by Green's (2020) research...
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What are some questions to ask in the 'What?' section of Driscoll's reflective model of writing?
What happened and what did I do? What was my role? What values seemed relevant in this context? What did I do that reflected or did not reflect my values? What was I trying to achieve or communicate? What challeneges or surprises occurred? What was the outcome?
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What stage of Driscoll's reflective writing model do these questions relate to? What happened and what did I do? What was my role? What values seemed relevant in this context? What did I do that reflected or did not reflect my values? What was I trying to achieve or communicate? What challeneges or surprises occurred? What was the outcome?
What?
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What are some questions to ask in the 'So What?' section of Driscoll's reflective model of writing?
What did I learn from the situation? Why did the situation play out this way? What do my actions reveal about my professional values? How did my choices affect the situation? How does this relate to my influences, feedback, or theory? WHat ethicla or professional principles were at play? Why is this important?
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What stage of Driscoll's reflective writing model do these questions relate to? What did I learn from the situation? Why did the situation play out this way? What do my actions reveal about my professional values? How did my choices affect the situation? How does this relate to my influences, feedback, or theory? WHat ethicla or professional principles were at play? Why is this important?
So What?
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What are some questions to ask in the 'So What?' section of Driscoll's reflective model of writing?
What will I try differently next time? What skills, learning, training, or research will help me improve? How will this inform my next experience? How can I manage value conflicts more effectively? How can I continue to be a reflective practitioner?
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What stage of Driscoll's reflective writing model do these questions relate to? What will I try differently next time? What skills, learning, training, or research will help me improve? How will this inform my next experience? How can I manage value conflicts more effectively? How can I continue to be a reflective practitioner?
Now What?
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What are the 5 questions you should ask yourself when reflecting on how a particular value from the RCSLT PDF will inform how you will work with service-users?
1. What does the value mean? 2. Why is the value important as an SLT? 3. What might unprofessional practice look like if this value is not embedded? 4. Reflect on how your current values enable you to deliver this statement 5. How will you continue to monitor this value?
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What are 2 things to consider about values in SLT with service users?
How a service user's values might shape your ability to respond professionally How might their values interact with your values, and vice versa
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What's an important phrase to remember in sessions with children and vulnerable adults?
Nothing about me without me
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What are 2 things that may make service users feel excluded from sessions?
Digital inclusivity Ability to consent
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What might happen if we don't reflect critically?
We might get stuck in a rut doing the same thing that might not necessarily be helpful, effective or supportive
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When you're reflecting on something that didn't go so well, what should you consider?
Is this a one-off outcome or is this an ongoing outcome?
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True or False: One should consider other factors that impacted the outcome of a situation, rather than placing all the blame on themselves
True
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What should we use to accurately reflect properly?
Structured models
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What aspect of Gibbs model is more structured?
Feelings
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What two stages of Gibbs' and Driscolls' models are similar?
Evaluation and analysis So what?
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True or False: As long as you use one of the models, it is not necessary to reference the particular model
False - you need to reference which model you're using.
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True or False: Subheadings are necessary when using reflective models so that the marker knows if you're using them effectively.
True
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When should you use particular reflective models?
It depends on what you want to say/reflect on
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