Reflective Analysis: Classroom Incident Using Gibbs and Kolb Models

This report presents a student's reflection on a classroom conflict, utilizing Gibbs' reflective model to analyze the incident and its impact. The report details the incident, the student's feelings, evaluation of the situation, analysis, conclusion, and proposed plan of action. Additionally, it incorporates Kolb's learning model to reflect on the semester's experiences. The student describes the experience, reflection, conceptualization, and planning related to their learning. The report emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and learning from experiences, particularly in conflict resolution. The student reflects on the value of apologizing, thinking before reacting, and the benefits of collaborative work. The report provides a structured approach to understanding and learning from classroom experiences.

Reflecting using Gibbs reflective
model over an incident

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 A........................................................................................................................................1
Description..................................................................................................................................1
Feeling.........................................................................................................................................2
Evaluation of the situation..........................................................................................................3
Analysing the Situation...............................................................................................................3
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................3
Plan of Action.............................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Experience...................................................................................................................................4
Reflect.........................................................................................................................................5
Conceptualize..............................................................................................................................5
Plan..............................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Opportunity.................................................................................................................................6
Aspiration....................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
A reflection is an opportunity in order to reconsider events, thoughts and feelings from a
fresh perspective. There are many blog post which are return in this style. Reflection is the
opinion of own personality. In this present report, Gibb's model will be use in order to reflect the
personal experience on an incidence in a classroom. In addition to this, Kolb model will also use
in order to reflect the personal experience and knowledge obtained during the semester. The best
think about writing reflection is that it is a pleasure to share the experience among others.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1 A
Gibb's reflective model is one the best model which help to write the personal
experience and knowledge. It is one of the popular model of reflection. This model was
developed by Graham Gibbs in 1988. There are six main stages which are included in this model
which are Description, Feelings, Evaluation, Conclusion and Action. This model is very helpful
for helping people learn from situation that they are experienced continuously especially when
these don't go well (Husebø, O'Regan and Nestel, 2015). I also used this model in order to
describe my experience in classroom conflict between me and my another student. I have use
different six stages of the model which helps to describe the entire incident happens with me.
Description
The incident which I am going to describe is type of situation which generally seen at
many places. During the 2nd week of semester a conflict was begun between two students in class
over a senseless and a very small thing that should be resolved easily. It the time of morning
when he entered in the classroom where no seat is vacant for him in the classroom. Then, he
have searches a vacant chair to seat and he find an empty chair just behind another student for
that he had asked kindly that- Can I seat next to you???... He asked very politely to him but He
replied me in very bad manner and he said I am holding this chair for my colleagues. At that
time, he say nothing and leave the classroom immediately and he got chair from another
classroom. As he had made my way back into the classroom he could hear the another student
muttering something under their breath so he asked them why they are muttering and passing
comment on him. Student was continuously passing arguments, He don't know why another
student is passing comments on him but when he told him that please say on my face not on my
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back, another student also raises his voices and it takes the shape of a conflict. Teacher also
entered in the class and she had listened the rubbish things going in the class she said enough and
ask to leave both of you in the class and Both student respect her words without doing any
argument for not leaving the class. Both had sincerely leaved the classroom because they don't
want anything wrong happen in the class and both also don't want that other should be affected
by these situations in the classroom (Potter, 2015). After an hour teacher allowed both of them to
come back in the class and say sorry to teacher by apologising my mistake. I saw one student
feeling disagreement with and apologised for any wrong doing on his part.
Feeling
During the confrontation with the student who is my classmate since many years, I was
feeling many emotions. I am very upset on what my friends have done in the classroom. I was
thinking that just for a small thing both had done this bad thing in the class which is not good and
it does not suit on their personality and their nature. This is the conflict which do not have any
sense and for that battles both the students had missed important lecture which makes them very
disappointed and I am also very disappointed that their important lecture has been missed. The
experience was entirely bad and it is directly hit on my mind because of the battles for small
chairs. I realized that it is not good to show anger to anybody and what they have done in the
class was not good. The lecture they missed in the class was very important lecture for their
course and only because of small mistake both had missed that important lecture of teacher
(Wilson and Miller, 2018). Moreover, I also feel bad because the impression in front of teacher
was also led down only due to their words and their high pitch voice. Both had good relationship
with their all teachers in the class but for this senseless conflict both had lost their image in front
of her. Seriously, I feel this incidence was my worst experience in my school life as mature
students also fights for those common things which had lost all their important lecture as well as
their image was also led down in-front of my teacher.
In addition to this, the only positive thing I have learned from this experience is that one
of the student have apologised with the teacher as well as from the student for his part. He say
sorry to his teacher what he had done in the classroom and make the bad environment of the
class. I realised that apologised and sorry is the best way to resolve any conflicts either big or
small. I was very happy at the end that because both have sorted this battles very effectively and
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with mutual agreement as we both have done fault. Thus, at the end, I feel somewhat good that
apologising in very useful and it had solved the conflict quickly.
Evaluation of the situation
` The reason behind the using SCHON Reflective model is to evaluate my experience that I
have experienced from the situations of an incident. With the help of this model, I can reflect
during and one after an activity or event. This incident benefits in increasing self-awareness,
which is a key component of emotional intelligence, and in developing a better understanding of
others. It also helps me to develop creative thinking skills, and encourages active engagement in
work processes. By using this model, I become aware of their implicit knowledge base and learn
from the experience which I have gain from this incidence. From the situation I realise that I was
mostly thinking on my feet during the experience and now looking back I feel this may be not
the best idea as I had not cautiously thought about the situations as it was happening and just
retaliated in the manner that I was feeling. The thing that went at that incidence is not good as it
is the negative part of my experience that both had sent out of the class only because of chair and
a senseless conflict. Teacher has sent both the student both out of the classrooms. I was irritated
on my conduct of student that for a small thing they had miss the crucial lecture. But the good
thing happen with me in this incidence was that teacher has allowed them to sit in the class andb
give opportunity to apologised the mistake as it was very bad to be part of this disruption as well
as I also felt very bad putting my class fellows and teacher through that unneeded issue. The
things which have gone in this situation is both good and bad both but I have realised that this
experience made me lean about the apologising the things as I have read the articles of many
authors (Kumar, 2016).
Analysing the Situation
The most suited model according to this situation is SCHON Reflective model as this is
the best model to describe the entire incident. My experience from this incidence is not just an
experience because it leads to make understood many things which are very important for my
life as well as for other who ready my reflection report. I have learned that, the best thing in the
life is everybody should think before saying anything and second thing is that do not react
immediately if anyone is saying anything to which especially which is not cleared, what the both
students had done in this incident. I have used this model and writing my reflection report
because I know that any other student or individual can also do this same thing what they had
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done (Mann and Walsh, 2017). This model assist me in my future that I will be reflecting on
action as well as taking proper time to evaluate the situation.
Conclusion
From this incident I have learned so many things which are very important for me to raise
my skills and knowledge as well as this incidence also make me understood resolving the battles
in quick manner. In addition to this, I have learned that it is better to think before reacting and
arguing with anyone. The best thing is to stay calm where the situation is negligible and
avoidable which both my felloows do not followed, they had raise their voice on senseless
things(Chair) which is not needed (Bassot, 2016). But in this incident I had also experienced
some good thing like the opportunity given by teacher to apologised and they had sorted all the
conflict by saying sorry.
Plan of Action
I had make a plan that will very helpful for me to overcome this type of situations. I
would definitely be thinking more about what is going on rather than reacting to the situation. In
my incident what I have done that I have reacted to the situation at the spot and argued with
student and make the situation worse (Li and Peng, 2018). It is very important for me to remove
this bad habit in any manner because these are situation that surely arrives in the life span. At
that time, it is better to keep calm and ignore the situation.
TASK 2
Kolb's learning is also one of the best model to share or write the personal experience.
This model was developed by David A Kolb in 1948. I am using this model in order to share my
experience that I had during the semester. With the help of this model I can easily reflect my
experience in the report. There are four stages of learning in this model which are Experience,
Reflect, Conceptualize and Plan (McKinney, 2017). By these four stages the experience of
learning of semester will be reported.
Experience
My experience of EVRE and PPDI as whole is very essential as this experience is very
helpful for me in the future and it is also very essential for my professional development. I have I
had can assist me within the future as well as can make me more successful in the world of
profession. It is also very important for my achievement in future and my carrier job. In the
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beginning, I was feeling very upset that I will not able to clear the semester because it is very
tough to make a link between tow subjects. But after I start understanding, confidence was build
up that I can do and study the subjects. In the subject of EVRE and PPDI, it needs group working
which I had experienced a great pleasure as I like to work in a team or in group. Sometimes I
hesitate working in a group but after sometime I realised that it is more beneficial for me as
compare to individual working. Teacher has assigned us project which have to completed in
time. The project which are given by teacher are done by groups of people who are peers and
friends. In my earlier university individual work is mostly preferred which is less interesting. I
realized that group working is more efficient as compare to individual working. By working in
the group I understood that the project and work become more effective as well as innovative if
it is completed by a team or group of people (Husebø, O'Regan and Nestel, 2015). I also
experienced that in group working it is very important to listen others and accept the decision
made by them.
Reflect
As per the Kolb's' learning Cycle, a person learns through their experience. In my
semester of EVRE and PPDI, I had experienced first time in studying and completing the project
in the group. I am feeling very shy and hesitate working in the group but after the time passes, I
am felling pleasure in working in the team and in group. I found that work become more
innovative by working in a team because more ideas and thoughts are generate by different
people. In the class we had done some task jointly like lego building exercise and tea exercises.
These activities help people how to work in the team in an effective manner. These team
building activities as this is very important for professional future development. In the beginning
everybody is new as no one knows each other, it is somewhat difficult to work with each other
but after sometime I feel pleasure working in the group of people. My team building skills is
developed in 10 weeks very efficiently which is very essential for professional life. The best
model like Johri window is one of the best self assessment tool which assist in understanding
many things which is very useful for my future (Mann and Walsh, 2017).
Conceptualize
Having the strength to systematically conceptualize is the ability to think, imagine,
turning the process of thought in the process into a notion of ideas followed by actions helping to
put ideas into theories. The experience which I had in my semester, I can confidentiality commit
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that there are many important things which are very important for me and my carrier. It will
definitely benefit me in the coming time. There are many things which made me realise that
working in a team is very difficult task because each one is different from each other, every think
differently. In some project given by teacher, made me upset because it happens that no one
listen and consider my thoughts but at that time I keep patience and never reacted. I am always
careful and I always think before saying anything to my group members. I also got though this
experience a better understanding of group dynamics as I have already committed that I feel
pleasure working in the group of people. I successfully work in the team and completed all the
projects effectively. I had put my efforts in order to match my thought with them and make a
good relationship with my all group members. In individual working, I would work with my own
time and my ideas but I realized that the project which are completed by group of people are
more efficient and innovative too (Moorhouse and Jung, 2017).
Plan
The experience which I had experienced throughout the entire course of semester, I
commit that it was the best experience of my life. I reflect on the situation as well as think to
myself that it is better to keep clam instead of arguing. I always evaluate my words before saying
anything to my group members. I also used to keep in distance with those unnecessary activities
such as disagreement or confrontation which may happen. My experience of working in a group
is awesome as I have learned so many things which makes me confident and I do applied these
experiences or knowledge in my practical life. I am sure that the experience which I have gain
during my semester was very useful for my future (Konak, Clark and Nasereddin, 2014). It is
also fact that in my future job will also need this team working and collaborative skills which is
also very important for my future growth and development.
Conclusion
The entire experience gain during the semester is very fruitful for my future development
and growth. I feel that this experience made me understood the importance of team working and
collaborative working in the team. I have met many people and I understand that the thinking of
all are not same (Poore, Cullen and Schaar, 2014). I also realised that its better to be stay calm
rather than arguing with the anybody in the group. Kolb's learning model is one the best model
which helps me to share my experience.
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TASK 3
Opportunity
I have done my strength test as well as being a strategist was one of my strength. It is
very helpful for my future professional development because I can give ideas and make policies
by using my mind and my techniques. I have good skills in planning the actions which needs to
be developed (Potter, 2015). There are huge opportunities which makes me highly competitive
and a skill of professionalism. Strategist is not a normal skill, it does not have in all because it is
very complex task to build a plan and policies.
Aspiration
My main aspiration would be to get a jib which is relating to the degree which I have
studies in the business management. There are so many jobs which are related to my degree and
it is most demanded jobs in the business world. Every company needs a person or employee who
manager that manages the entire business activities of the business very effectively and I am very
good at managing activities as well as collaborative working.
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