Reflective Professional Practice

Reflective Professional
Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Investigate “raison d'etre” and meaning of professional reflective practice and its implications
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Justify the use of professional reflective practice in the professional environment....................2
Analysis of the purpose of reflective practice together with need of this in achieving career
objectives.....................................................................................................................................3
Critical evaluation of two different models of reflection along with justification for the impact
on personal and professional development.................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Professional practice is defined as the activities or conduct carried by individuals in a
specific profession. When it comes to reflective professional practice, it means to understand and
apply the reflective cycle for the purpose of self assessment (Thompson and Pascal, 2012). It
helps in learning through the experience by obtaining new insights of self and practice. It helps a
person to grow and develop new patterns of doing the activities at professional level. In this
report, meaning of “raison d'etre” and professional reflective, justification about the use of
professional reflective practices, analysis of purpose behind being reflective about career
objectives and critical evaluation of two different models of reflection.
MAIN BODY
Investigate “raison d'etre” and meaning of professional reflective practice and its implications
Professional reflective practice is the exercise by which an individual gain experiences
with a view to improve the work related to a particular profession. It is the way through which
one can learn while working in the profession or occupation. Furthermore, it is not only related
to the career but also the career of an individual. It is beneficial in improving the quality with the
application of theory and practice. Reflective practice is an exercise which is associated with
learning at professional level as well as personal level by learning new approaches and things. It
is crucial in developing action, learning, achievement the goals and objectives which are of
current as well as future situation (Schön, 2017).
In simple terms, it is useful in making a person judge his own abilities and knowledge
which can be applied within the profession in which career goals are to be attained. Furthermore,
it is continuous process which offers different advantages that can be used for the benefit of own.
There is no particular set which are to be followed and one person can add new areas for the
development purpose. Professional reflective is all about the profession in which a person is
working or wish to work in future.
It is important for every individual as it accelerate the growth and development which
expand the knowledge level by the application of which different goals of profession can be
achieved. In addition to this, it contributes in number of ways to make a person successful with
the application of different practices and knowledge within the occupation. It is significant for
continuous learning so that adjustments can be made according to the changes in business
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