Exploring Reflective Learning for Success in Higher Education

This essay explores the concept of reflective learning and its importance for success in higher education. It discusses reflective learning as an active learning process that involves managing tasks, analyzing strengths and weaknesses, and gaining knowledge to handle uncertain events. The essay highlights the significance of timely feedback and the application of Graham Gibbs' reflective cycle, which includes stages like description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, and action plan. It also examines the roles of feedback and feedforward in improving performance, emphasizing their integration with the Gibbs cycle. The essay concludes by stressing the importance of formative assessment and feedback practices in higher education for fostering a deep learning approach.

Orientation for
Success in Higher
Education

Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Reflective learning is the procedure of the active learning and it is concerned with
doing the things or the tasks given by the teacher to the students and it is also about
managing the work properly and with the proper support of the people it can analyze
their strengths and the weak points also with considering their personal learning. It is
about making sure that helps in handling the uncertain events and also gain some
knowledge to effectually work with more actions. This also supports the student with
his academic and future studies and also provide some sort of working pattern to the
students that how can they work and complete the given assignments on time. And it
is also important that the students are getting there feedback on time as then it will be
easy for them to have the proper learning about the problems that are there and the
students can encounter all the challenges that they are facing.
TASK
Reflection is the term which is used as the evaluation of the person's behavior and his
abilities that what can be done or not also the expertise in the field of work. And it is
also assisting in managing the working and is also helping the students to get to learn
a lot of things while doing this. And it is the best and the important method that helps
the students to handle and rising their self confidence for the working and making
them self aware about the things that they do in the submission process in their
respective work field. In the year 1998, graham Gibbs invented the reflective cycle.
An effectual structure has provided by which a individual can normally analyze
whether it helps in the suitable management and the working. This reflective cycle
consist around six stages. Description is known as the foremost stage in which the
individual display all the scenario's. The situation has been shown with the suitable
things like what is the problem and what is going to be the impact of that issue. It
show that every data and collection of the condition that are going to occur. Next
stage of this cycle is Consciousness. In it a person can effectually influence and
realize all their feeling that are made by them at time of acquire. Every thought as
well as inner instincts has been given through it that are operative in the mind of a
person while disposal any project. In addition to it, third stage of this cycle is

Judgment and this refers to all the antagonistic as well as positive features of the
condition which has been analyzed and evaluated. In this stage, person accountable
for the analysis of the work which is done by him. This assist a person in maintaining
as well as managing their denseness on the elements in which they lack and
combating the respective trouble issues . Furthermore to it, investigation is the next
phase of this theory and in it a person get the chance in order to sense every event.
With the assistance of this a person can handily reframe and analyse every possible
state in connection to the expression because the events are not effectually organised.
Conclusion is the other stage of this model in which every action, knowledge and
result are suitably sum-up that are opted by the person with the activity of the event.
Moreover, the final footstep of the several model is known as the action plan that is
the most important step. It forms a person to operate all the task of future and projects
as well as support them in which activities a person require to be decrease in every
premise.
The feedback might be official to such perspectives that is given by the
individual about the task or on the project which is done by me. Majorly, feedback
has taken by me as I am having more education in this workfield or I have the
particular skill in connection to the task. The action that are collected by me have the
cheerful as well as antagonistic effect and also because of it, I attain the message in
respect to my execution. Apart from this, the method of feed forward is wholly
antithetic in conformity to the natural process. With the support of this method I can
renew my task in order to hold my work and execute the proper direction in
agreement to carry out my future goals. It is normally the plan that is given by my
senior to pull off my all the problems as well as get over the obstructions that are
combatted by me. The method of feed forwards as well as feedbacks is effectually
measured by me with the assist of the GIBBS reflective cycle which is why it is
appreciated as the necessary way. This has also been analysed that every plane of the
Gibbs model are known as the components of the feedback and I always try to assess
the task or task in both way destructive as well as affirmative. Moreover to it, feed is
reasoned as the most important component of the Gibbs cycle as it is used in the last
level. With the help of the stage of action plan, I can handily measure and make the
verifiable in accordance to keep the work in an proper and correct way. I also
understood that the utilization of the feed forward in the last level helps me in setting
up and displaying my upcoming work. So that I can effectually bring off my work and

use ways in a suitable manner. Together with it, I can also use the reflecting cycle in
my average task and on the job areas so that I can take various feedbacks in
accordance to recognize the ways and work. Moreover to it, feed forward also helped
me in dealing with my coming work which is why I understand that it is the
necessary component.
According to me, Feed forwards and feedback are called as the most important
method in which it helps me in determining my difficulties as well as dealing with
them in a best and suitable way. I can handily focus on the issues by analysing and
calculating every advantage and limitation which are there in the task. Introducing
and handling in projections are known to be most necessary component as it assist
me in making it more accumulated as well as absorbed in such field in which I am not
able to focus and work in it. Moreover to it, it also me in analysing the every task or
project in a suitable way so that I can possibly achieve my before assessment and after
assignments in the appropriate manner. This has also been understood that feedback
has an indispensable function in inspiring me and I am rewarding by my teachers for
the undertakings I have done. Apart from this, feedbacks support me in making more
good thoughts so that I can resolve my issues effectively. This is very important for
my elders that they want to on a regular basis monitor on my practical as well as
efficiency. This helps me in raising my fixed accomplishments and abilities.
Whereas, feed-forward are utilized in accordance to offer various thing through that I
can handily brush as well as defeat from the content that are combat at the time of the
project. Together with it, way can be formed by which I can make my future or
community life more effective. My hard work and ideas are mirrored in the
assumptive and formative assessment. The feedback that is concentrated by my
helped me in addition more self cognizance as well as increased my confidence to
execute the task in an effectual way. Together with it, these feedbacks particle the
ratio and effectivity in the pupil by which I can work more difficult to accomplish my
cognitive content. Feed forwards is known as the most important element that assist in
my approaching evolution as well as assist me in administration the summative as
well as formative projects properly. So this is very crucial for my seniors to give
feedbacks and feed forwards of mine in accordant basis in accordance to better my
execution.

Conclusion
The goal of this research was to raise awareness and understanding of formative
assessment and feedback practises, as well as their connection to learning. Its findings
have a number of policy and practise implications. To begin, it is necessary to
recognise the Feeding back to feed forward: Formative assessment as a platform for
effective learning changing character of higher education and to consider altering
teaching approaches, as well as assessment and feedback practises, accordingly. HEIs
should examine how frequently they provide students with opportunities for formative
evaluation and feedback when planning the overall student learning experience. These
are essential factors in the creation of a deep learning approach.

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