PDA Dyslexia - Session 17

1. Reflecting on Practice
Session 17

2. Overview
• Review of course content and activity
• Reflecting on Practice breakouts
• Cue questions
• Approaches to reflection:
– SWOT
– Johari window
– Kolb
– Critical lenses

3. Reflective Practitioners
• How well did it go?
• Why did I do it that way?
• Am I making any assumptions?
• Could I do it better?

4. Final Assignment

5. 800-1000 words
Content Information Comments
Pass/Remediation
Reflection on work with supported adult
Reflection on learning gained over this and other courses
Reflection on how this will affect future practice
Reflection on implications for CPD
Reflection on implication for organisation
How any changes will be implemented
Fits with candidate’s work/input over course
Word count is appropriate

6. Approach 1
• SWOT Analysis
– Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
• Using this approach, reflect on your work with
your learner. Identify at least one example for
each heading, and discuss how this may
influence your future practice.

7. Approach 2
• Johari window
• Originated as a group work tool, helping to
improve self-awareness and mutual
understanding
• Can be adapted as a tool for individual
reflection

8. Where am I now?
Knowledge of dyslexia
Experience of working with dyslexic adults
Confidence
Resources
Sources of help
For individual and organisation
What do others say about my work?
How do you/your organisation help dyslexic
adults?
Retention
Feedback from others
Feedback from learner (how do you know?)
Where do I want to be?
What needs to change?
What would make you feel more confident?
What would be the ideal situation for
supporting adults with dyslexia by you/your
organisation?
How am I going to get there?
How are you going to make this happen for
you or the dyslexic adults you are
supporting?
What resources do you need?
What changes does your organisation need
to make?

9. Johari window
• Where am I now?
• Reflect on the learning gained over this, and
other courses. What has influenced your
practice? How have you changed and
developed your practice? How confident are
you feeling, and why?

10. Approach 3
• Kolb – Experiential learning
Action
Reflection
Abstraction
Experimentation

11. Action
Reflection
Abstraction
Experimentation

12. Experiential Learning
• Using the learning cycle, reflect on aspects of
your work with your learner that went well
and/or that did not go so well.
• Theorise about why this happened
• Plan how you may make changes to your
future practice

13. Approach 4
• Critical Lenses
• Consider your practice through 4 lenses:
Your own
Your
colleagues
Your
learners
Theoretical
literature

14. Critical lenses – your learner
• Reflect on your practice from the point of view
of your learner.
• What feedback might they give you?
• What further CPD might be helpful for you in
response to this?

15. Due: 29th May 2013
Content Information Comments
Pass/Remediation
Reflection on work with supported adult
Reflection on learning gained over this and other courses
Reflection on how this will affect future practice
Reflection on implications for CPD
Reflection on implication for organisation
How any changes will be implemented
Fits with candidate’s work/input over course
Word count is appropriate

16. Feedback for BRITE
• Identify the 3 most helpful aspects of the
course
• Is there anything that you would want to have
more of?
• What needs to be developed or improved?
• Would you recommend the course?

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