REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
Finlay (2008) stated that to be a powerful tool to examine and transform practice, critical reflection needed to be refined and grown. After completing the reflective practice survey and considering the 5 levels of reflection as defined by Zeichner & Liston (1996), my current reflective practice is at the Rapid Reflection and Repair level. I need to shift to Research and Retheorizing and Reformulating to refine and grow my practice. Firstly, I selected a suitable model of reflection to augment the quality of my reflective practice. Finlay (2008) discusses a variety of reflective practice models; Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (1988), The three-stage model of Boud, Keogh and Walker (1985) and John’s Model of Structured Reflection (2006). I have selected Jay and Johnson’s (2002) model as the three intertwined dimensions of; descriptive, comparative and critical reflection are more consistent with the Spiral Model of Inquiry where it cycles through: scanning – focussing – develo...