Schön’s Reflective Model

Donald Schon is a professor and philosopher who developed the concept of “The reflective practitioner.” Schon’s theory (1983) introduced a new reflective practise that is reflective in action and reflective on action. This is created by people’s life’s experiences by reflecting action is done after and experience.

Reflection in action is when the event is happening. Everything you are experiencing at that time.  So one should think immediately.

While reflection on action is thinking after the action has been done. This is when you reflect on the action completed and think about what could have been done differently.

My personal opinion is that these refections  help us learn more about life’s decisions by using the same situation and knowing how to handle the situation better next time.

Based on Kurt Lewin's work. David Kolb - Experiential Learning.http://www.bradford.ac.uk/wimba-files/skill-space/Reflective_Writing_HTML/images/pic003.gif

This image is a great example of reflective practise.

 Lessons.

I realised that during lecturers I would get distracted easily. During the lecture,  I would  try to stay focused and look only at the lecturer. Although I try to stay focused on the lecture, I realised I sometimes get sleepy or my mind will wonder and  think about other things and so  I lose all my concentration. The most embarrassing thing is that the lecturer asks me a question and I wouldn’t be able to respond because I don’t know what she/he was talking about.

I couldn’t keep going like this because I was missing out on a lot of tutorials that are useful to me. These tutorials were going to help me during my assignment and with future employment. So, I researched  the web to see if I could find why this was happening to me. As Remez Sasson on the website success consciousness called  “Does your mind wander when you need to focus it?” said that losing attention with your mind wandering on other things that are completely different to what you were doing is quite normal.

Remez Sasson said that this happens when you are doing something you don’t like or  tired. Let’s face it when we are doing tutorials it’s not fun at all, even if the subject its interesting. So, I started thinking how can I turn something boring into something fun and interesting. Something similar use to happen to me when I was studying. When reading, I use to get tired or I wouldn’t understand what I’m reading, so I would write some important points down and that would keep my mind alert about everything I’m reading. So, I decided to use the same method for the tutorials. Write important points down on what the teacher is saying.

Another thing I thought of doing is that when I start getting distracted I ask the teacher for a bathroom break knowing that by taking a break, on my return I would  be able to concentrate more.  Also when I am tired I pick up a coffee.

When the next lesson came along I would be all prepared, pen, paper and coffee. So far this still works for me and my concentration is hanging in there.

This was Schön’s Reflective Model

Reference:

Success consciousness, 2011.  Does Your Mind Wander when You Need to Focus It? [online] Available at: < http://www.successconsciousness.com/wandering-mind.html> [Accessed 5 February 2017].

University of Bradford, N.D. Reflection models and frameworks. [online] Available at: < http://www.bradford.ac.uk/wimba-files/skill-space/Reflective_Writing_HTML/page_04.htm> [Accessed 5 February 2017].

Theresa Felicia, 2015. Reflective Frameworks. [video online] Available at: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_m92KKgQPA> [Accessed 5 February 2017]

Vicky Tsiantis, 2016. Reflective Practice. [video online] Available at: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubWGxjM80Us> [Accessed 5 February 2017]