Self Reflection: Importance, VARK Questionnaire, Gibbs Model

This article discusses the importance of self reflection and how to use VARK questionnaire and Gibbs model for self analysis. It also covers the SWOT analysis and its application in self reflection. The article provides insights on how to improve skills and learning through self reflection.

SELF REFLECTION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Self reflection...............................................................................................................................3
Importance...................................................................................................................................3
VARK questionnaire....................................................................................................................4
GIBBS model...............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Self reflection enable me to have my own analysis and reflecting my own views and
skills. While performing the task of self reflection I analyse and find that although I had many
skills but still I need to work and raise my communication skill so that I can clearly express my
thoughts with the adequate selection of words. In order to understand this need and performing
self reflection I adopted VARK learning questionnaire and Gibbs reflective cycle. These models
enable me to analyse myself and my weakness. Along with this an application of these models
enable me to improve my learning and skills.
MAIN BODY
Self reflection
It refers to a process under which attention towards the own thoughts, emotions,
behaviours and decisions are being focussed. It can also be said that it is the ability to witness
and make evaluation of own cognitive, emotional and behavioural process. It can also means self
consciousness and reflective awareness (Falon and et.al., 2021). Under this a focus towards the
faced and experienced event is being performed and finds that how that situation was handled
with a hope of learning something new so that better decision related with the future will be
taken.
Importance
As it is the key and process related with self awareness so it is an important aspect
because it will make an individual to be self-aware about itself. This concept enables an
individual to have a look towards ourselves and self curiosity and strength (Crane and et.al.,
2019). Likewise, this will also enable it to have self consciousness by which loopholes and key
strength will be determined and as a result improvement towards the drawbacks will be taken.
SWOT analysis:
It refers to an analysis of own strength and weakness. Likewise this model also enable to
have analysis regarding the future opportunity that may arise in future and the threats that may
affect an individual. With the help of SWOT I analyse that although in have good learning and
critical thinking skills but still I have many weaknesses in the form of lack of communication,

leadership, presentation, trust, time management, high focus towards detail observance, lack of
confidence, trouble in saying no, impatient, laziness, easily bored, persistent and take thing
personally. An analysis and adoption of SWOT model enable me to made my self-reflection
worth because through this I world be able to concentrate on my weakness and adopt adequate
moves related with future so that my weakness will be converted into my strength. As SWOT is
the base of self-reflection because it make an individual to be self-aware about itself so adopting
this model help me a lot in the task of self-reflection.
VARK questionnaire
This is an important aspect under which visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinaesthetic
skill of an individual is determined. This will lead to have a self-analysis about the efficiency
that under which skill an individual is perfect and efficiency. Under this with an analysis of the
quality, an individual will use it and grab best outcome.
Use:
It is used to analyse the efficiency and quality which an individual will have with respect
to its ability. It is also used for learning information (AlQahtani and et.al., 2018). It enable an
individual to analyse the way by which it can determine that by which way it will learn best.
Application:
When I made apply this model on myself I would be able to recognize that I have
capability to learn more by reading and writing. I came to know about this by scoring more score
in this section. Also during application I found that I have negative as well as positive aspect but
with adequate strategies and hard work I convert them into positive aspects.
GIBBS model
It is one of the major model with regard to reflection. It consists of six stages including
description, feeling, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan (Hong and Martin, 2020).
An applicability of these stages enable an individual to have a self-reflection of itself.
Use:
It is mainly used to perform self-reflection. A description and applicability of its stages
enable an individual to have self analysis and evaluation (Adeani and et.al., 2020).
Importance:

This is of high importance because when I make apply this model with myself I came to
have a better expression of my ideas and thoughts. This is because as a counsellor when I make
self-application in terms of description under which I deeply think that what and why a specific
incident happen. Likewise, it was further be followed by my feelings under which I explain and
though about my feeling. Similarly when I made evaluation I came to know that what was my
loophole and what is needed to be overcome. This was again followed up further analysis and
drawing conclusion. Focussing on conclusion I made action plan by which concerned loopholes
will be overcome.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is understood that self-reflection enable an individual to have
self-analysis. Adoption of required model including SWOT, VARK, Gibbs enable an individual
to have better analysis and self-analysis and reflection. Through required model and framework
better judgement and analysis will able to be performed.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Adeani, I. S., and et.al., 2020. USING GIBBS’REFLECTIVE CYCLE IN MAKING
REFLECTIONS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS. Indonesian EFL Journal. 6(2). pp.139-
148.
AlQahtani, N., and et.al., 2018. Learning preferences among dental students using the VARK
questionnaire: A comparison between different academic levels and gender. JPMA. The
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 68(1). pp.59-64.
Crane, M. F., and et.al., 2019. How resilience is strengthened by exposure to stressors: The
systematic self-reflection model of resilience strengthening. Anxiety, Stress, &
Coping. 32(1). pp.1-17.
Falon, S. L., and et.al., 2021. A clustered-randomized controlled trial of a self-reflection
resilience-strengthening intervention and novel mediators. Journal of occupational
health psychology. 26(1). p.1.
Hong, L. and Martin, R., 2020. Model misspecification, Bayesian versus credibility estimation,
and Gibbs posteriors. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 2020(7). pp.634-649.
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