Using Kolb's Reflective Model for Personal Analysis

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Reflection refers to the process of expressing thoughts and feelings that the individual
have felt during their experience in a particular area. The reflection is helpful in expressing the
things that the individual has gone through during their whole experience (Poldrack, 2021). This
is written in the first person and it is done to reflect the ideas, thoughts, feelings and the
experiences that the person has gone through. The reflecting part helps the individual in gaining
several benefits from the process, one of them is learning from the past mistakes. It helps in
evaluating the areas that the individual is lacking in and further getting great ideas to improve
those areas. Further the Kolb reflective model is applied below in the report.
MAIN BODY
Reflection models are a structured process that helped and guided me in assisting in the
personal analysis. These models are developed so that we can follow all the processes that are
relevant with the experience that they had in the module (Cattaneo and Motta, 2021). Kolb
proposed the idea that a learner goes through a series of experiences while learning and it is
essential to critically evaluate those aspects so that the experiences can be linked with the past
ones in order to bring a conclusion. This are referred to the previous knowledge that I have
regarding the particular topics and experiences through which I have gone in my lifetime. He
divided the process of reflection into four stages which is a general cycle that is followed by the
learners. Kolb reflective model is further used to ensure that all the areas of reflection are
covered in the process.
Phase 1: Concrete experience
This refers to the process of being involved in a new set of experience, this is the first and
the foremost step that is followed in the Kolb's learning process cycle. The experience that is
built in this phase can be completely new or reimagined. In a concrete experience, I have been
engaged in several types of activities and tasks (Formalev, Kartashov and Kolesnik, 2020).
According to Kolb, the key to learning something new lies in the involvement part. I have learnt
in this phase that just reading and watching the actions cannot be enough to acquire new set of
knowledge and skills. Further I am required to engage in the tasks actively so that I can get the
gist. In the university, I learnt several skills through out the year which helped me in my