Gibbs Reflective Cycle Theory | Essay

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................3
I lost my Child.........................................................................................................................................................4
Description..........................................................................................................................................................4
Feelings...............................................................................................................................................................4
Evaluation and Analysis.....................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................5
Action Plan.........................................................................................................................................................6
The day I started University.....................................................................................................................................7
Description..........................................................................................................................................................7
Feelings...............................................................................................................................................................8
Evaluation and Analysis.....................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................9
Future Plan..........................................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The Gibbs reflective cycle theory of 1998 is a model of reflection which helps a
person to look a situation critically. This theory include 6 stages of reflection in which the
first part is the description followed by feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and the final
action plan. Every stage defines the happening situation and its various aspects. In the
description part they have to explain the situation in brief so we could say that it contains the
background information like what all things are included. They have to make sure that the
description provided is accurate and are point to point. Feelings consists of the thinking and
the experience which a person has faced. Normally this point discuss about your emotions
that how did you felt at that time. Evaluation is the way through which they can reflect what
was good and bad about that thing. Analysis discuss about what sense you could make of that
thing or what circumstances has led to that thing. Conclusion deals with the fact that what
else you could do and in the final action plan you have to know what you could do if that
situation arises again (Moon, 2013). These stages can be modified depending upon the
situations and the two situations in which we will be following this model is “I lost my child”
and “I started university”.
I lost my Child
Description
It was the usual sunny day of Friday and as it was pre decided that I along with my
wife and my six year old child will be going for a picnic on the beach located in East London
and there after we will be going for a launch at the nearby restaurant. Johnny who was our
only child and was fun loving, he was the reason why I and my wife was together. In the last
2 years I and my wife was having a dispute and wanted divorce from each other but Jonny
was only the reason why we were together. One day I had made a decision that I will be
taking one day off from my hectic schedule of office and will go for a picnic with my small
family so that I could spend a quality time with them. Jonny was very excited on that day and
as the beach was 90 km away so we drove early in the morning (Navaneedhan., 2011). We
reached at that point in just 2 hours and changed our clothes so that we could be comfortable
for the sun bath. The crowd was not in large number so we felt privacy, my wife Belinda was
relaxing at his long chair. Jonny was urging me to go in the sea so I pulled him up in my