REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT.

Running head: REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
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Introduction:
According to Brockbank, McGill and Beech (2017), reflective learning constitutes an
integral aspect of learning that provides a set of unique opportunity to the professionals to
identify their existing lacunae and accordingly adapt measures to improve their performance
level. Research studies also suggest that reflective learning ensures continuous professional
development (Lindhand & Thorgren 2016; Taylor 2017). As stated by Gould and Taylor
(2017), critical reflection enables students to assess and evaluate their quality of individual
performance and undertake measures to improvise their skill set so as to enhance the
performance quality. This paper intends to critically reflect upon the lacunae of the previous
submitted assignment in order to assess the lacunae and adapt measures to introspect and
improve the performance in further assignments.
Task 1:
On critically analysing and reflecting upon the content written by me to address the
requirements of the task 1, I have realised that the reason for the failed grade could possibly
include, the lack of a proper introduction. The content included a brief introduction but
lacked citations of scholarly references that I had used to address the requirement. The lack of
appropriate references had deteriorated the quality of the content and at the same time
questioned the credibility of the write up. Further I had not mentioned about the importance
of critical reflection in the process of professional development and rather had focused more
on explaining the meaning of reflective learning. I believe this resulted in digressing from the
focus of the topic and as a result I had lost marks. One of the critical requirement of task 1
included relating the content to the relevant legislation of conduct. I had referred to the
legislation of the care act but here again I had not used appropriate citations while explaining
about the implication of the legislation on the learning process. I believe overlooking these

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important considerations made me miss out on a high grade. Also, the requirement mentioned
that two reflective model or theories had to be used and referred within the content of the
essay. However, my solution lacked the use of two reflective models. Also, the requirement
stated that Harvard style references had to be used for citation, however, the citation used by
were not Harvard style references. I believe this was another reason why I lost marks.
Further, the content written by me also included grammatical and punctuation errors which
deteriorated the quality of my essay. All these factors cumulatively led to loss of marks.
On analysing the cause of the errors, I feel lack of attention and poor time management were
the contributing factors that deteriorated the quality of the paper. I had tried to complete the
paper in a day as I had been extremely busy with my personal schedule. As a result, I was
unable to focus on all the important requirement of the paper. Further, I was unaware about
the Harvard referencing system as I had not browsed the referencing material that was
available at the university website. Also, in pursuit of completing the paper within a few
hours and somehow submitting the paper to secure my semester, I overlooked my
Grammatical and punctuation errors and thus the quality of the paper significantly declined. I
tried to refer to relevant legislation of codes of conduct but due to time constraints I was
unable to devote much to the research and this resulted in poor quality of the paper. The
references used by me were not appropriate and did not satisfy the requirements appropriately
and as a result I lost marks and was marked with a poor grade.
Task 2:
On critically reflecting upon the content that I had written to address the requirement
of the task 2, I feel that my content was poor and was not aligned to the requirement of task 2.
The requirement specifically asked to cite a critical incident by making use of a reflective
model. Though I had mentioned about the Kolbe reflective model, I had not used it to reflect

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upon the team work scenario. Also, the example cited by me lacked proper structuring of
facts and lacked a proper sequence that could make it easier for the reader to comprehend the
instance. Also, the requirement mentioned about description of the actual incident and the
incident was expected to be described using the first person. Through I had used first person
to describe the scenario, the incident was not described in a proper manner. In addition to
this, I had also made use of incorrect citations that did not follow the Harvard referencing
style. Therefore, I believe the content was extremely confusing and required more clarity in
order to be graded higher marks.
Also, the requirement specifically stated that a reflective model was to be used to
reflect upon the clinical incident, I had not adhered to the different steps of the reflective
model. I had presented an extremely generalized content and it lacked proper structuring
which made it extremely difficult to comprehend the meaning of the experienced clinical
incident.
On analysing the cause that resulted in deteriorating the quality of the content, I
believe time constraint was one of the major reason that diminished the quality of the content.
As I have previously stated, I tried to complete the paper within a span of a few hours as I
was extremely tied up with my personal schedule and the deadline of the assignment was
approaching. My only motivation to complete the assignment was to complete the assignment
within the deadline so as to secure my semester. However, in pursuit of submitting the
assignment within the deadline, I missed out on a number of important criteria which carried
high marks. I overlooked the requirement that asked two important reflective models had to
be integrated within the content in order to direct the reflective writing process. This
subsequently led to losing marks. Also, I failed to refer to important legislations which
resulted in loss of marks and due to the time constraints I made a number of grammatical and
basis punctuation error which contributed to diminishing the quality of my content.