Reflection: Learning and Growth

This document explores the concept of reflection and its role in learning and personal growth. It discusses Kolb's learning cycle, which emphasizes the importance of reflection in problem-solving activities. It also delves into Gibb's reflection cycle, which provides a framework for effective reflection. The document highlights the benefits of reflection in project management and offers insights into the author's personal experiences and professional development. Overall, it emphasizes the significance of self-awareness and continuous learning in various aspects of life.

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I had so many experiences during this course from October 2018. There are so many problems
were faced during this course related to my studies. I was nervous from this course in starting of
October 2018 because of less understanding about the course work and different activities. There
are so many ways for handling those problems but I learnt many things form that problem in my
life.
Kolb’s learning cycle
I learnt about handling the problems in critical situations from the Kolb’s learning cycle.
According to the Kolb’s learning cycle, reflection is the best part of life and studies. It will help
in the problem solving activities. It is having four phases for learning and reflection (Zeichner &
Liu, 2010).
It was about learning from different things near you, such as feeling, watching, thinking and
doing. As shown in the below figure.
Source: (Vince, 1998)
It is an experiential learning cycle, which suggest about the learning. It has four stages, which are
follows:
1. Concrete experiences
2. Learning by observation
3. Learning by conceptualization

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4. Learning by experiencing
All these stages are in a cycle as all are related to each other. Anyone can enter in this cycle in
any stage and follow it for learning from different things, but it is important that complete all the
stages (Antenna & Unsplash, 2018). First stage is concrete experiences, which is related to the
feelings. Feelings are related from the different activities. I learnt from this stage that every
activity is important for the learning. During that course, I attended so many activities and i
learnt about learning from them. It is also helpful for the learning from feelings. I learnt from
different activities, such as poster making activities are making me more innovative.
Second stage of Kolb’s life cycle is learning from the observation, which means observation of
different things and learn from them. I followed it and always observer classes, activities and
many other things. All these things are making me more confident to solving the problem. It was
about watching different things happened near to you or in your daily life. It was so helpful for
understanding different things in the classroom (Giddens, 2001). I always observe my lecturer
and I learnt so many things. It was so helpful for me to learning so many things from the
watching and observing the different activities. I also reflect them into my life. I used lecture
delivery style for presentation, which was I learnt from my guide in that course. I learnt about the
reflection from the observation. It means observe the scenario or the activities and learn from
them. They are used for the handling same situation in future.
Next stage is abstract conceptualization, which means thinking about the different things and
reflects on them. It is helpful for the handling critical situations in the life (Johns, 2017). I
handled so many critical situations from my critical thinking skill. I am make different concepts
and used them for problem solving.
Fourth stage is active experimentation in which learning by doing is followed for handling
different things. It was the best stage for the learning. This stage is helpful for the problem
solving and project management. It is helpful for my complete course and during the course.
Kolb’s experiential learning has different characteristics, which are follows:
 Learning is a process in which learn from different things and uses them.
 Learning is never ended proses

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 Learning is the best thing, which comes from the critical situations.
 Learning is a process, which adopt all the things from the real world.
 Learning is a process, in which experiences are transfer from the environment to the
person.
 Learning is a process, which is creating knowledge from different stages.
 Learning is helpful process for the personal and professional development.
Gibb’s reflection cycle:
Source: (bradford.ac.uk, 2018)
It is having six stages for learning and reflection. These are the stages in the Gibb’s reflection
cycle:
 Description
 Feelings
 Evaluation
 Analysis
 Conclusion
 Action Plan

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Description is first stage of the Gibb’s reflective cycle in which finding about ‘what happened?’
It means always learn from the different things, which are happened near to us. It was a learning
process for a person. Next step is feelings, which means learning from the happened activities
and think about the situation (Pretorious & Ford, 2016).
I learnt about the different things from my classrooms and activities in courses module. I
attended many activities during the course, such as project management, self-awareness, and
reflection. It is also beneficial for the learning for a particular situation. Next stage is evolution,
which is a process for taking a situation and reflects on them in a good manner or bad manner. I
learnt from this stage that not every lecture is so good but I can learn from it always. Next stage
is analysis in which reacted on the situation based on the experiences. Analysis is a process,
which provides sense from the different situations. I always sense different movements from
activities. I always learn from the situations and used them in future. Next stage is conclusion in
which conclude about the activity and what the learning from that situation is. Last stage of
Gibb’s reflective cycle is action plan. In that stage, meaning full information is generated from
the learning (Yang, 2009).
Gibb’s reflective cycle is beneficial for the project management process. I learnt about so many
things form my classrooms, lecture notes, and activities during the course. I was having different
skills in me but after following the Kolb’s experimental cycle and Gibb’s reflective cycle
(businessballs.com, 2018). I created new skills in myself, such as leadership, teamwork, and
courage. I always was having fear about the presentation. I learnt from my lecturer about the
presentation and I delivered a best presentation in the end of the session.
Reflection is helpful in the working as a professional person. I am working as a project manager
as well as I am also having my own business. I am having lot of good experiences from that
course. I was having an activity in that course in which we have to design a poster for the
business idea.
It was an awesome experience of my life, which I never forget in my whole life. I learnt so many
things from that activity, such as self-realization, teamwork, and leadership. We are formed in a
group and we had to design a business plan in poster. I used my previous experiences for making
that poster, such as painting in the class. It was my best experience and i developed my

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leadership skill from that activity. I took different logics and ideas for poster making and put all
the effort in the task. We won first prize in that activity.
After that activity, I make a business plan as well as professional career. A good leader is always
listen all ideas of the team members then select the best idea and used those ideas for solving
problems.
Innovation is an innovation idea for solving a problem. There are so many stages where few
things required changes for productivity and benefits of company as well as individual. As a
project manager, I completed more than 100 projects in my company. I also manage my personal
restaurant with my skills. I am always thinking about the learning and reflection based on
different activities near me. I used learning for the solving different problems. I am having so
many experiences from that course.
Self-awareness is the best thing I learn from that course. I always take feedbacks of my work and
it is the best concept to change and modified the services and operations. I applied this concept in
my personal as well as professional life. Professional life is also affecting the social life. I am
more polite in my social life after getting the post of project manager.
There are so many things in daily life and professional life for learning. It is also important for
the managing different situations in the professional life. I learnt about the self-care and self-
awareness. Self-awareness is the best way to knowing about the weakness of ourselves. If we
know about the weaknesses then we should remove them.

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