Reflective Thinking and Writing

Reflective thinking and
writing

Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................1
2. Understanding on Brookfield Reflective Model (2005)..............................................................1
3.
Exemplifying
reflective account on the
journey throughout BNS
programme by critically
reflecting on personal
and professional changes
and development
using Brookfield
(2005)..............................................................................................................................................3
4.
Structure of Ideas
Related to Brookfield
Reflective Model (2005).................................................................................................................4
5.
Presentation:
Articulation and
organization of ideas and
perspectives.....................................................................................................................................5
6.
Conclusion......................................................................................................................................6
7.
References and Citations.................................................................................................................7

1. Introduction
Reflective thinking and writing, can be considered as an essential section for individuals
that are basically a part of university life and work. This can be defined as an ability of reflective
practitioners to perform the reflection over knowledge and experiences gained based on thoughts
and feelings on a particular situation. Basically, this helps in bringing appropriate changes
(development) of both personal & professional skills and attributes. This report is going to be
enclosed my own journey of open
and distance learning programme (BNS) while focusing upon different range of consequences
that can took place while learning. Along with this, Brookfield Reflective Model is also going to
be utilised for better understanding of personal
and professional changes
that took place while going through the nursing course of BNS programme.
2. Understanding on Brookfield Reflective Model (2005)
According to Brookfield, (2005), there are two distinct intent needs of reflecting within
learning and teaching. Here, the first part is to reach to a much more appropriate understanding
of distorts educational processes and how power underpins while going through a particular
educational programme. On the other hand, second section is that making right amount of
assumptions and on these questions are basically being developed. This directly aid in practising
the gained experience, which may help in making the overall life much more easier considering a
range of surface that are linked with contenders interests. This is based on the assumption that if
practitioners are more reflective then they are better placed to make reliable judgements about
approaches to teaching, purposeful responses and curriculum planning practice, evaluation based
on the issues faced by peers.
If it is talked about the Brookfield Reflective Model, then this is said to be one of the
crucial reflective model that considers a particular situation focusing upon a range of vantage
points. This model consists with four different lenses (name given by Brookfield), and these are
the students’ view, autobiographical lens, the theoretical lens and colleagues’ view as well. In
present context, I have utilised this model to critically reflect on feelings and thoughts of the
journey that I am going through while undertaking a learning programme (BNS), to improve my
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