Reflective Journal: Learning and Skill Development

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Reflective journal can be defined as a kind of personal record of learning process of an
individual. It helps in reflecting as well as recording our own response, observation or learning to
a particular situation (Hilliard, James and Batt, 2017). It is one of the best ways to reflect self-
ideas or one’s own understanding. There are various kinds of models that can be used for
reflective journal writing such as Gibbs reflective cycle model, Kolb’s Reflective cycle. For this
assignment Gibbs reflective cycle model will be used for accessing our own learning process,
skill development and achievements of study and employability skills modules in a much better
and appropriate manner.
MAIN BODY
Study and Employability skill of modules helped me in learning various kinds of skills
and also helped in enhancing my knowledge (Read and et al., 2019). I will demonstrate my
learning process and personal development with the help of Gibbs reflective cycle model. It is a
kind of self-management and reflective tool. It is one of the most famous models that helps us to
understand the situation in a better manner so that we can understand what we need to do in
future. This model will help us in reflecting skills and learning of this module.
Gibbs reflective cycle Model
There are six reflection stages in this model that will help in reflecting our own learning
and skills:
Description:
At this stage description of one’s own experience in detailed manner (Tanaka, Okamoto
and Koide, 2018). At this stage complete description of situation or things that were learned
during the module are explained in a better manner. in this PPD module heled me in reflecting
and learning various kinds of skills that not only helped me in identifying my strengths,
weaknesses but also helped me in identifying key area of development and skills that are
required to be development. This module helped in meaning various things and has helped in
enhancing various kinds of skills such as: communications skills, presentation skills, research
skills and many more. This module also helped me in understanding skills that are important and
required to be developed. I have understood that each of these skills have their own important
and value and can are useful in many different ways. It was leadership task in which we were
required to analyse leadership skills of mark Zuckerberg. While completing this task I
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