A Reflective Account Of A Student Reflective Essay
This assignment is the Support, Learning and Assessment in Practice module which requires me to produce a critically reflective account of my experience mentoring and assessing a student in practice. The areas that will be discussed through the assignment are (1), student learning styles, (2), communication and (3), confidence. I will initially talk through the first meeting with my student, followed by my reflective account covering all three areas. The reflective model used for the assignment will be Boud et al (1985).
What?
Mentoring is the process in which I myself, as a mentor would be responsible for overseeing the career and development of another person (Clutterbuck, 2001). This is what I was taught during my mentoring course …show more content…
So I followed the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Learning Pyramid (1970), where physiologically I ensured that my student had sufficient breaks for food and water. Safety wise I made certain that my student had access to the staff room so his belongings were safe and I made sure that the ward environment was safe for my student, all patients and staff members. As for belongingness, I felt I would be able to build up a good relationship with my student. I tried to make my student as comfortable on the ward as possible to help raise his confidence and self esteem. By getting these four levels right in practice, I feel I achieved a safer and healthier environment for my student. I also feel that I added to this by rearranging shifts to enable me to work alongside my student a lot …show more content…
I am glad that I used the learning style assessment tools, which I believe is a necessity, as mentors should be able to respond to differing learning styles (Orton, 1993). I feel that if I had not assessed his learning style from the beginning, my approach to mentoring him would have been different and possibly detrimental to his learning. Students learn in different ways and the differences may be small, but at the same time significant (Reece and Walker,
What?
Mentoring is the process in which I myself, as a mentor would be responsible for overseeing the career and development of another person (Clutterbuck, 2001). This is what I was taught during my mentoring course …show more content…
So I followed the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Learning Pyramid (1970), where physiologically I ensured that my student had sufficient breaks for food and water. Safety wise I made certain that my student had access to the staff room so his belongings were safe and I made sure that the ward environment was safe for my student, all patients and staff members. As for belongingness, I felt I would be able to build up a good relationship with my student. I tried to make my student as comfortable on the ward as possible to help raise his confidence and self esteem. By getting these four levels right in practice, I feel I achieved a safer and healthier environment for my student. I also feel that I added to this by rearranging shifts to enable me to work alongside my student a lot …show more content…
I am glad that I used the learning style assessment tools, which I believe is a necessity, as mentors should be able to respond to differing learning styles (Orton, 1993). I feel that if I had not assessed his learning style from the beginning, my approach to mentoring him would have been different and possibly detrimental to his learning. Students learn in different ways and the differences may be small, but at the same time significant (Reece and Walker,