Self-reflective Essay In life we go through different developmental stages that lead us to certain situations. This has an effect on our future direction and which path we choose to take; Whether it be through Education‚ Career or jobs‚ family or just shear circumstances‚ these all contribute and lead us to certain points in our lives and future endeavors. In this essay I have chosen to write about the major influences that have led me to undertake studying at a tertiary level in the course
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Reflective Practice Reid (1994) Gibbs Reflective Cycle What happened? (description) What would you do if it happened again? (action plan) What were you thinking/feeling? (feeling) What alternatives did you have? (conclusion) How can you make sense of what happened? (analysis) What was good/bad about the experience? (evaluation) Reflectivity The circular process by which our thoughts affect our actions‚ which affect the situation we are dealing with and therefore after feedback through the reactions
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Reflective Essay Effective classroom management is the key to a successful classroom. Diligently prepared lessons lose their effectiveness if proper classroom management policies are not in place. When a teacher masters the art of running a classroom effectively‚ energy is saved and can be put towards the delivery of the lesson. Proper classroom management creates less tension on the part of the teacher. Our students sense when we are stressed. Therefore‚ a tense teacher yields tense students
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July 25‚ 2011 2nd Reflective essay In what ways did Sophocles in Philoctetes‚ Confucians‚ and Taoists deal with the questions of individualism and respect for authority? In Philoctetes‚ Sophocles deals with individualism in two ways from two different characters. The king Odysseus shows his individualism by becoming conniving and deceitful. That is not honorable conduct for a Greek. His actions are definitely not appropriate for a Greek King. He is showing that he will do anything in order
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WHAT MAKES A GOOD TEACHER? In this essay I want to talk about ten of the qualities that make a good teacher. My method is absolutely unscientific. Readers who want to know what exerts say about good teaching should stop reading right now and open to a different page of Inspiring Teaching. Readers who want to know what Pete has noticed about good teaching are welcome to read on. My evidence is personal‚ memorial‚ observational‚ and narrow. I have known teachers in Indiana‚ Pennsylvania‚ Arizona
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Reflective Essay The aim of this essay is to prove an understanding of my perception of reflection and how reflective practice impacts on the clinical environment and the learning process. The essay is based on my practice and training in the cardiac ward during my Foundation degree in Health and Social Care. I have selected 5 extracts from my Reflective Journal concerning a patient experiencing shortness of breath which led to a cardiac arrest. In order to be able to use this situation for my
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A REFLECTIVE ESSAY This is a reflective essay based on a event which took place in a hospital setting. The aim of this essay is to explore how members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) worked together and communicate with each other to achieve the best patients outcome. Reflection is an everyday process and is very personal matter. Jasper (2003) suggests that reflection is one of the key ways in which we can learn from our experiences. Reflective practice can be defined as process of making sense
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Clinical placement is a good chance for nursing students to practice clinical skills‚ as well as experience the real working environment. However‚ the process of actually bringing theories and knowledge learned from university into practical application is not simple; this requires not only patience and determination but also various learning skills. For myself‚ after an unpleasant experience of involving an argument between a nurse and patient’s family‚ I came to realize that reflective skills are crucial
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Reflective Essay I must admit‚ I was nearly terrified of being in Honors Algebra 2. I had heard about how much work‚ time‚ and sacrifice of sleep the class had cost my fellow peers‚ but I was still determined to take it. I was use to taking all the honors classes‚ because I wanted to do the best I could. In most honors classes there would be a lot of work‚ but I did not have to study much to get a good grade because doing‚ things in class would be good enough for me to remember it. Needless to say
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Victoria Oslund EDUC 203 12/10/12 Reflective Essay. Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Society has truly opened my eyes to what I will be facing in a classroom‚ whether it be the type of students I will be teaching or how I will teach my students a controversial topic. It gave me many different ways to bring up a hard topic that someone people would feel uncomfortably teaching to younger students. Not only did it open my eyes it has helped me think in abstract ways on topics that are new to
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