Reflective Report on Experience and Learnings using Gibbs Reflective Learning Cycle

Reflective report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Overview on reflection................................................................................................................1
Overview of experience..............................................................................................................1
Purpose of reflective report.........................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2
Gibbs reflective learning cycle....................................................................................................2
Description: What happened?.................................................................................................2
Feelings: What I am thinking and feeling?.............................................................................2
Evaluation: What was good and bad about the experience?..................................................3
Analysis: What else can I make of the situation?...................................................................3
Conclusion: What else could I have done?.............................................................................3
Action plan: if it rose again, what would I do?......................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
Findings.......................................................................................................................................4
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................5
Covered in reflective report........................................................................................................5
References:.......................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Overview on reflection
Reflection can be defined as a briefing about the the self own experience of some
situation or some learnings through different activities and many more. It helps to self analyse
and self examine the current skills and what is needed to improve for future considerations. It is
important because an individual is able to know about their personal strengths and weaknesses so
that a specific knowledge can be gained and can also know about the opportunities and threats
for future. Self reflective report is all about self determining and self assessing the personal
experiences and learnings for better decision making process not only professionally but also the
personal goals as well.
Reflective cycle framework chosen here is the Gibbs reflective learning cycle which is
defined as the management tool or self reflection that supports an individual to make their
thought process clear in a systematic manner related to the assorted experiences which they have
gone through at the time of some particular activity or any situation while drawing the
conclusion for the same. It contains six different stages in which Gibbs reflective learning cycle
is described such as description and feelings along with the evaluation and analysis which is
followed by conclusion and action plan (Adeani, Febriani and Syafryadin, 2020).
Overview of experience
Experience and learning described here in the form of reflective report are such that I
have been working more than 10 years in hospitality that is in restaurants and now on a current
basis, I am working in a care home since last two years. So therefore, reflection is based on the
experience gained from hospitality industry and also from care home management. Moreover.
What I have learnt from all my experiences in both the organizations that are restaurants and care
home along with the learnings on development of effective self-management and communication
which is followed by the interpersonal skills. Furthermore, relationship between the academic
theories and my own experience is also described using reflective model of Gibbs.
Purpose of reflective report
The purpose of the report is based on the following discussion done in the report on
Gibbs reflective learning cycle from my experiences and learnings such that each and every stage
is defined of Gibbs in the association with my management skills. Such as description stage
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