Reflective Cycle Models

Question 1

Explain Kolbs reflective cycle model

Answer 1

Concrete experience: identify a problem.

Reflective observation: research.

Abstract conceptualisation: possible solutions

Active experimentation: testing

Question 2

Explain Borton’s reflective cycle model

Answer 2

What , So What, What now

Question 2

Explain Borton’s reflective cycle model

Answer 2

What , So What, What now

Question 3

Explain Rolf et al’s reflective cycle model and how its’s different to bortons

Answer 3

It has the same What, So What and Now what. but the questions allow you to relate that experience to a wide base of your theoretical knowledge and identify changes or actions that you can make for your own future practice.

Question 4

How can we engage in reflective writing

Answer 4

Taking a ‘step away’ to gain a wider perspective.

Reviewing or replaying an action or interaction to make sure nothing has been overlooked.

Being honest with yourself about your part in something.

Evaluating everything about an experience.

Trying to find a way through something complicated, such as an ethical or professional problem.

Finding connections between something abstract (such as a theory taught in a class) and so