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74 - Reflection – facilitating

from Section 3 - Activities and tools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2018

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Reflection – facilitating

STAFF WORKING TOWARDS CILIP qualifications will be expected to provide evidence of their reflective practice, which should be linked to the criteria and their personal development plans (CILIP, 2014a, b, c). Managers and supervisors have a role to play in ensuring that reflective practice does not become something which is merely done as a one-off to meet criteria outlined in formal activities. You can also encourage staff to reflect in appraisal and professional development meetings using a questioning approach. In her blog, Half Pint of Hard Earned Wisdom, Donna Watt suggests that the following questions can be used to lead people to a place where they can transform their practice:

What will you do differently?

Did your learning question your practice, or reaffirm what you already do?

What is your action plan and how will you measure the impact of any change?

Have you started a journey of professional discovery as a result of new ideas?

Do you have any new questions as a result of the experience?

Watt, 2011

Some organizations include standard questions within their appraisal documentation which can be used to encourage the appraisee to reflect on their performance. It is also useful if you consider the same questions in advance of the appraisal meeting to ensure that you can encourage your staff member towards deeper learning, outcomes of which can be fed into formal personal development plans. This questioning approach can also be used with project teams or individuals in order to examine projects, incidents and development activities.

By adopting a questioning approach to appraisal and development meetings, you can enable staff to reflect on their practice, leading them to analyse their role in situations, to understand how they could make changes and to help them resolve any issues. Through reflective practice you can also support staff members to extract positive results from their experiences which can impact on their future work. The next Tip (p. 194) provides practical examples for facilitating reflection and tips for reflective writing.

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