Reflective Journal on Personal and Professional Development

Reflective Journal
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Reflective journal is often referred as learning journal which is a steadily growing paper or
document that learner writes in order to record their learning progress. It encourages an
individual to think regarding their own learning and provide reflection on that (Naber, and
Wyatt, 2014). It is a personal record of learning experiences of an individual which he or she
gain from an event or a situation. This is a reflective report which discuss about the contribution
of module in achievement of employability as well as study skills including communication,
research, team work, time management and problem solving skills. For providing reflection on
the learning experience of module, Gibbs reflective cycle is utilised by me in order to reflect on
my own experience in an effective way.
MAIN BODY
Reflecting on own experience is referred as the process through which an individual can
grow his or her understanding regarding who they are and what are their values. It is a kind of
personal analysis which enable an individual to bring his/ her life in alignment with what they
wish it to be. Self-reflection is the way to analyse and observe oneself which provides an
opportunity to grow. By understanding oneself, it assists in determining the steps that required to
take on the journey. Reflecting on the way an individual reacts the thoughts that enter in his or
her mind in response to the situation or event around them allows to see on what they required to
work on. It helps in developing emotional self-awareness as well as also increased integrity when
individual take time in order to reflect on core values. In this report, I provide reflection on my
own experience that I get while undertaking the module. In order to perform the reflection in a
systematic and effective way, Gibbs reflective model is used by me in this reflection.
Gibbs reflective cycle was propounded by Graham Gibbs in year 1988 in order to provide
structure to the learning from experiences (Pasternak, and Rigoni, 2015). This framework helps
in examining the experiences which allow an individual to learn as well as plan from the things
that either go well or did not go well. This model consists of 6 stages. The first stage is
description in which the detail about the experience that an individual get from the event or
situation is discussed. The second stage is feelings that an individual gets from the experience.
Evaluation is the third stage in which both the experiences good and bad are evaluated. An
analysis is made in the fourth stage so as to make sense of the event. A conclusion is provided in
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