Reflective Practice is a means of enabling participants to learn from their experience. This is used when participants have completed some activity such as simulations or practice sessions. I use this model is to the right.

Reflection is a way of helping participants better understand what they know and do as they develop their knowledge and skill through reconsidering what they learned. Reflection, then, places an emphasis on learning through questioning and investigation to lead to a development of understanding which will add in increasing transfer to the job.

I place the model at logical places within the learning material (classroom or e-learning) and have the participant answer each question reflecting on what was just taught. At times I have them share with others in class. You can do this multiple times throughout the program – then have participants review their reflective practice answers in preparation for developing their action plans.

Has anyone else used something similar?