Reflection: Learning from Experiences and Self-Assessment

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Reflection 1
TASK 1a
Reflection is process in which a person learns from their experiences. It is a way to learn from different
activities and experiences of daily life for personal and professional development. In the Evaluation and
Reflection module, I learn about the reflection and learning in ten weeks. This module is based on the
learning and reflection. It has two parts, which are EVRE module and PPDI module. EVRE (Evaluation and
Reflection) module is sister module to the Project and Placement Design and Implementation (PPDI)
module. Reflection is a part of whole module and reflective writing is a main concern in this module. In
addition, Blog writing is also helpful for reflective writing and it provide benefits in long-term to
understand about our leaning and experience (de Andrés Martínez, 2012)
I choose week five for this task 1a. In week five, I learnt about the evaluation and reflection through
different activities. Johari window model has used for self-analysis, in which person can find their
strengths and weaknesses through an activity. Different people are playing an activity in this process.
Source: (communicationtheory.org, 2019)

Reflection 2
Johari window model is having four parts. Each part is used for specific purpose. In open area, person
describe about those skills, which are known by others and us. I mentioned my strengths in this area,
such as honesty, punctual, effective communication skill, analytical skills, and many others. It is used for
identify strong points of a person. I learnt about different skill using that activity. These skills are my
strength and my friends know about those skills. I learnt about self-assessment from this activity. In
blind part, I mentioned those skills, which are known by me, but my friends told me about those skills,
such as motivation, innovative, technical proficiency. These skills really exist in me, but I do not know
about them. In hidden part, I mentioned those skills, which is hidden skills in me, but no one know about
them, such as good listener, long-life learner, decision-making. In unknown area, I mentioned about
those skill, which are unknown form other and me, such as capabilities, talent, feelings, and information.
I know about myself but some hidden talents are discovering through open communication. Reflection is
a best part of whole process. According to (Zeichner & Liu, 2010), a teacher should be a reflective
practitioner. Therefore, students can learn about different things from experience of different activities.
In that activity, I share the secret of my life along with different feelings. It is a good way to learn about
ourselves. I learnt about different skills of mine because of Johari window model. It was a good exercise
in that week and everyone has enjoyed that activity. It was most attractive activity in whole module.
Many activities are interested and good for learning from our experiences. According to (Saxena, 2015),
Johari window model is used for the self-assessment and discover our skills, feelings, and secrets. Johari
window model has described about skills of a person from different areas. According to (Moon, 2006),
leaning is stage in which everyone take decision about their feeling and observations about any
situation.
I learnt that open communication is so necessary after that activity. It was a different experience of my
life, which change my thoughts. After that Johari window activity, I prefer open communication, which
describes about my skills. Johari window model has provided a good idea in which participants are
asking many questions about you and it will describe about the open, blind, hidden, and unknown skills
of a person (Halpern, 2009).
I learnt about the many things about myself base on the last four weeks. My group members asked
many questions from each other’s and it described about the different skills in us. We also share our
strengths and weakness about us. After that self-assessment, I know about my weaknesses, which
makes me weak and it will be a huge issues in future for my professional and personal life.

Reflection 3
We are gathered in a group and complete that activity. All the group members are highly interested
after sometime. In starting of that activity, not everyone is interested in that activity and all are thought
that this is a boring activity, but after played it all are happy and enjoy that activity.
We all are making a reflective journal based on the weekly basis in which we mentioned about the
experience, reflection, and learning. It will provide a help in future to identify about the past activities
and experiences from those activities. I learnt many things from those activities and PPDI module.
According to (Abdullah, et al., 2008), it is necessary to be a part of reflection program for adults. There
are many different ideas are innovated in the time of reflective writing and it is used in the future for
understand previous things from reflective writing. Reflection is highly used in the different programs for
evaluate under stings of the tasks and other things. Refection is a way to create new things from our
experiences (Anderson, 2016).
Reflective practice and writing will provide help into professional development. It will provide a quality
to know about the situation and how can we handle that situation in a better way (Bolton, 2010).
According to (Calderhead, 1989), reflective teaching is a best way to teach their students and it is a best
way for self-assessment. It provides new way to solve an issue and teaching is a base of learning for
students as well as teachers.
In addition, Critical reflection is necessary for a critical situation because of understanding about the
actual situation of a problem. Critical reflection is a way to understand a situation from their deep
learning (Fook, 2010).
According to (Fook & Gardner, 2007), practicing of reflection makes change in our thinking and
innovations. It is a way to understand situation in better way, make them an experience for future, and
use that action plan for same situation in future. However, ethics are matter a lot for different situations
in a person’s life in aspect of personal and professional point of view (Thompson & van Vliet, 2018).
TASK 1b
EVRE module was a reflective practice module in which we learnt about the leaning from reflection. It is
a best way for understanding and creates new skills based on our experiences. In this task, I will describe
about all the weeks activities and experiences from them.