Reflective practice andy hockley

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Agenda
What is reflective practice?
Why is reflective practice a good idea, and how does it fit into the learning organisation?
A chance to reflect
Reflecting on the reflection ☺
So what? Some ideas for introducing reflective practice into our own development and our organisations

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Task
What is reflective practice?
Do you reflect on your work? How?

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The Learning Organisation
Senge’s five disciplines
Personal Mastery
Shared Vision
Team Learning
Mental Models
Systems Thinking

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Learning…
…is a process, not an endpoint.

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The LTO as LO
Six areas of focus:
Shared Vision
Communication and feedback
Transparency and participatory decision making
Team building
Reflection
Professional Development

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Reflection
Give people time to reflect. And give ourselves time too
Individuals reflect upon and learn from their actions (gaining personal mastery). Likewise teams within the organisation are expected to reflect upon their work and their actions, and learn from that, transferring those learnings into the wider organisation (team learning, mental models).

Reflection
As teachers we know the value of reflective practice. How does this work in the management or other professional areas?

A model for reflecting – individual
In pairs, work through the questions on the handout

The Reflective Cycle
Did you find the questions helpful and useful?
Did you gain any insights into the incident in question?
Do you have any other observations about the activity?

So what?
Take two minutes to think on your own about how you might make reflective practice more a part of your professional life
Could you make any commitments to yourself?
Share your ideas with a partner

Some ideas…
Set aside one or two half hour slots per week for reflection
Ensure you have no interruptions
Work through the same set of questions we saw today
Possibly find someone to help you

How can managers help with ensuring reflective practice is more widely practised?
Think of some ways that managers might help make reflective practice more a part of the workplace culture

Some ideas…
Run a training session on reflective practice
Set up a mentoring system
Make reflection time part of the contract