Tools for Reflection

Gibbs Reflective Cycle

I have gone through the tools for reflection and found that each one of them provides a good frame work for reflection. Among them the most suitable tool to reflect my teaching is ‘Gibbs Reflective Cycle.’ It pays attentions to details of each step required for reflection.

It begins with context in which I can look into what, why, where and how did it happen? It allows me to recall the thoughts and feeling before, at and after the session. Keeping in mind the said things, I can easily evaluate the happening of session. How well was the session conducted? Was it satisfactory? Did it achieve the set objectives?

Analysis is an important step in Gibbs cycle. It enables me to find out the barriers and limitations of learning process. Finding out the barriers to learning process, re-framing is suggested by Gibbs. In this I find the different alternatives or strategies to avoid the negative outcomes and achieve the set goals. At last not the least I can decide the future course of action to face such problem again. It enables me to learn new techniques or method to achieve the positive outcomes.