...20 Self-Reflection As they are intervening in complex human systems, capacity-development practitioners need to be flexible, adaptable and willing to learn from what they do. An important source of learning in real time is the processes and results of monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Bruce Britton explains M&E activities as they are commonly pursued and explores creative ways in which practitioners can use them for personal learning and selfreflection. He also provides suggestions on how this can be done under non-conducive organizational conditions. Monitoring and Evaluation for Personal Learning Bruce Britton By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. (Confucius) Introduction Capacity development practitioners collaborate in efforts to improve the capabilities of complex human systems that operate and connect at different levels. First and foremost, capacity development is a process based on the assumption that better understanding and knowledge will bring about change. Also, the planning for capacity development interventions typically rely on variations of the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), which encourage careful thinking about expected outcomes and impacts. By its very nature LFA assumes that intended results of an initiative can be established in advance because the path that a capacity development process will take can be adequately...
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...Critically discuss the importance of reflection in the practice of management Student ID:20583416 Course: The reflective manager (MD4046) Lecturer: Dr. Elias Hadjielias Fall 2012 Assignment no. 1 Table of Contents Introduction Page 1.1 General Introduction to Reflection 3 1.2 Objectives and Purpose of the essay 3 Main Body 1.3-1.6 Review of Literature 3-4 1.7 Personal opinion of the writer 4 1.8 A practical example of Reflection in a certain case 4 1.9 Recommendations from the writer 5 Conclusion 2.0 Summary pg.3 5 2.1 References ...
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...Examples of Reflective Writing Example 1 I arrived on the ward at 7:30 ready to begin a 12-hour shift. After receiving handover, my mentor assigned me the job of bathing Mr B with the help of a healthcare assistant. Mr B has Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a progressive disease of the nervous system with rapid deterioration due to spongiform encephalopathy. He is not expected to live to Christmas, even though he is only 19 years old. He is mentally aware of what is going on but is physically unable to demonstrate activities of daily living, including eating and drinking, has limited communication skills and is doubly incontinent. He is unsafe on his feet so mobilises with a wheelchair. I approached Mr B’s bed and asked his consent to take him for a bath. While the bath was running we began helping him to undress. He looked rather nervous. At the thought of myself being in his position, being the same age as him, I began to feel embarrassed too. I thought that I could not possibly be a professional individual if I let my embarrassment and sympathy get in the way of my nursing care. We assisted Mr B into the bath and started his wash. I knew he was uncomfortable and wanted to be able to wash himself, but was unable to do so. I was finding it difficult to look him in the eye, especially when it came to washing his genitalia. I tried to ease this by making conversation, but in a way this made matters worse. After the bath we dried Mr B, dressed him and returned him...
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...Harris, (2002 p19) explains “Applied Behavior Analysis takes basic principles in behaviour science and emphasizes the intensity that is needed for particular children”. As I progressed through my journey I discovered that ABA was indeed an extremely effective intervention program for autistic children. I felt that the whole process was a huge learning curve which in turn has had positive affects on my future practice. PARTS OF THE REPORT Rationale Explains why I embarked on this particular topic, process I used in decided topic, list of research strategies to achieve aims, Kemmis & McTaggarts (1988) Action Research Planner model Process -What were the key principles underlying Applied Behaviour Analysis and how and why this benefits children who are Autistic, discussion of trials, repetition and prompting. -What is involved in setting up an Applied Behaviour Analysis Program – Discussion of reflective journal, reviewing literature and mentor teacher. - Further discussion of Kemmis and McTaggarts (1988) Action Research Planner model Reflective Discussion -...
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...Examples of Reflective Writing Example 1 I arrived on the ward at 7:30 ready to begin a 12-hour shift. After receiving handover, my mentor assigned me the job of bathing Mr B with the help of a healthcare assistant. Mr B has Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a progressive disease of the nervous system with rapid deterioration due to spongiform encephalopathy. He is not expected to live to Christmas, even though he is only 19 years old. He is mentally aware of what is going on but is physically unable to demonstrate activities of daily living, including eating and drinking, has limited communication skills and is doubly incontinent. He is unsafe on his feet so mobilises with a wheelchair. I approached Mr B’s bed and asked his consent to take him for a bath. While the bath was running we began helping him to undress. He looked rather nervous. At the thought of myself being in his position, being the same age as him, I began to feel embarrassed too. I thought that I could not possibly be a professional individual if I let my embarrassment and sympathy get in the way of my nursing care. We assisted Mr B into the bath and started his wash. I knew he was uncomfortable and wanted to be able to wash himself, but was unable to do so. I was finding it difficult to look him in the eye, especially when it came to washing his genitalia. I tried to ease this by making conversation, but in a way this made matters worse. After the bath we dried Mr B, dressed him and returned him...
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...Welcome 2. Introductions 3. Roll call / attendance record 4. UNIT OUTLINE - any questions? a. Print, read and keep a copy b. Discuss assessment task 1:Seminar 5. Allocation to Groups c. Students to form seven groups of 3 to 5 students per group. d. Discuss a few questions that they would like to do e. Co-operatively, allocate groups to a question; f. Record Tutorial groups and topics on word doc provided by the tutor. g. If time permits, review marking criteria for Assessment 1. 6. (If time permits) Reflective writing (practice) -it is all about writing to learn more h. Write reflectively about anything or about commencing or recommencing university for e.g. i. Students to use their exercise book if they have brought it OR a piece of paper to practice reflective writing j. Discuss reflective writing as a group...
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...MKTG304 Marketing Project Session 2, 2014 Reflective Journal Outline Department of Marketing and Management MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL OUTLINE Overview As part of evaluating the participative process, an individual reflective journal is required to be maintained throughout the course, due for submission after the group presentation and final group report has been submitted. There are two parts to this assignment. The first Part A consists of a pre-activity self-rating of graduate capabilities. The ratings are intended to be your perception of your own capabilities. This perception should draw on your prior experiences, including your university or other studies, paid employment or volunteer work, and from sport, hobbies and other interests. The self-assessment will not be graded, nor will it be shared with others in your class. Part A serves the purpose of allowing the student to focus on graduate capabilities and reflective points to be considered while collecting material and writing up the final reflective journal. Part A is due in your tutorial class in Week 4, Thursday 28th August. Part B, consists of the self assessment post activity audit of graduate capabilities and a 2,000 word reflective journal report. The self assessment post activity audit will not be marked, but will act as support for your findings in the final report. The final report provides your analysis and reflections about the process of...
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...MKTG304 Marketing Project Session 2, 2014 Reflective Journal Outline Department of Marketing and Management MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL OUTLINE Overview As part of evaluating the participative process, an individual reflective journal is required to be maintained throughout the course, due for submission after the group presentation and final group report has been submitted. There are two parts to this assignment. The first Part A consists of a pre-activity self-rating of graduate capabilities. The ratings are intended to be your perception of your own capabilities. This perception should draw on your prior experiences, including your university or other studies, paid employment or volunteer work, and from sport, hobbies and other interests. The self-assessment will not be graded, nor will it be shared with others in your class. Part A serves the purpose of allowing the student to focus on graduate capabilities and reflective points to be considered while collecting material and writing up the final reflective journal. Part A is due in your tutorial class in Week 4, Thursday 28th August. Part B, consists of the self assessment post activity audit of graduate capabilities and a 2,000 word reflective journal report. The self assessment post activity audit will not be marked, but will act as support for your findings in the final report. The final report provides your analysis and reflections about the process of...
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...School of Psychology Module Title: Career Interventions: Beyond the One to One 1. Aims of Career Interventions: Beyond the One to One This module will enable you to: 1. To enable students to develop a level of competence in workshop facilitation necessary for professional practice and a critical understanding of relevant theoretical approaches. 2. To understand how to plan for and design a career learning programme within an educational institution , training or guidance organisation and evaluate good practice 3. To enable students to develop an awareness of the online tools available to use within career coaching practice, how to critically evaluate their effectiveness and an understanding of the learning theories as applied to online interventions 2. TEACHING/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES To enable the achievement of learning outcomes we offer the following: * Teaching sessions/ seminars * On-line learning through Moodle * Undertaking independent study and group work * Practice days with a range of clients Main Topics of Study 1 Delivery of group work in the guidance context, including competing theoretical approaches and skills and methods required for competent workshop facilitation in career coaching 2 Group theories including group dynamics, peer to peer coaching and learning and teaching theories 3 Career Learning Theory & frameworks and their relevance to development of learning programmes...
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...reasons that portfolios are considered a more valid measure of a person's writing ability, especially when compared with a timed multiple-choice test that can only measure grammar, style and usage, punctuation, and mechanics. When your instructor sees your portfolio, he or she is seeing more than one example of your writing, pieces written at different times and for different audiences" (Reynolds 6). -In this course, variety comes into play with the types of papers you're completing, which all span a variety of genres, audiences, and types of writing. -In addition, you are encouraged to include other pieces of writing as well, perhaps from outside this course, which will lend another element of variety to your final portfolio. 3. Reflection: "You will be asked to take a careful look at your work to identify your patterns, strengths, and preferences for negotiating writing tasks, for learning new skills, and for putting those skills into practice. You must go beyond just stringing the pieces of your portfolio together: You need to be able to articulate why you made certain choices or what those choices are meant to convey" (Reynolds 6). Reflective Learning-- Throughout the...
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...available. | | Band ThreeLeads a professional area acting as a consultant or partner, addresses key HR challenges at an organisational level for the medium and long-term. | | Band FourLeads and manages a professional area(s) and/or the organisation. Responsible for developing and delivering organisational and HR strategy. | | Professional Areas | The three areas of most interest and value to me are (for definition see over page): | I have this interest because… | I will develop my knowledge in this area in the following ways: | 1 | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | Professional Area | | MSc HRM Modules | 1 | Contemporary Issues in Human Resource ManagementThe aim of this module is to introduce the student to the theory and practice of human resource management and to critically examine contemporary local, national and international issues that impact on the changing role and function of human resource management. | 2 | Managing Change and Organisational LearningThe module aims to develop knowledge and skills with regard to organisational change and the design, delivery and evaluation of learning and development. | 3 | Recruiting and Retaining EmployeesThis module explores recruitment, selection and retention of employees. As such it explores policies, procedures and benefits that promote employee satisfaction and commitment including flexible work strategies, diversity management, induction, and...
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...Section: 1.0 Introduction Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 2) Projects have a process orientation. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 1.1 What Is a Project? Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 3) A typical project stays within functional and organizational boundaries. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 1.1 What Is a Project? Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 4) The special nature of projects relieves project managers from their routine of planning, organizing, motivating, directing, and controlling. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 1.1 What Is a Project? Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 5) A project exists outside of the standard line organization. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Section: 1.1 What Is a Project? Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 6) The initial goal and technical specifications of the project are developed during the planning stage. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 1.3 Project Life Cycles Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 7) Client interest in a project is highest during the termination and conceptual phases. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Section: 1.3 Project Life Cycles Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 8) The classic triple constraint standard for project performance is composed of time, cost, and client acceptance. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 1.4 Determinants of Project Success Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 9) The business success dimension of project success determines...
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...Experiential learning From EduTech Wiki John Dewey's philosophy proposed that each experience builds upon previous experiences and influences the way future experiences will affect the learner. The role of the educator is to provide experiences that will provide learners with meaningful experiences that will enable the individual to contribute to society. According to Kolb (2005) “ Experiential learning theory (ELT) draws on the work of prominent twentieth century scholars who gave experience a central role in their theories of human learning and development-notably John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, Jean Piaget, William James, Carl Jung, Paulo Freire, Carl Rogers, and others-to develop a holistic model of the experiential learning process and a multi-linear model of adult development. The theory, described in detail in Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development (Kolb 1984), is built on six propositions that are shared by these scholars.” 1. Learning is best conceived as a process, not in terms of outcomes. 2. All learning is relearning. Learning is best facilitated by a process that draws out the students' beliefs and ideas about a topic so that they can be examined, tested, and integrated with new, more refined ideas. 3. Learning requires the resolution of conflicts between dialectically opposed modes of adaptation to the world, i.e. reflection and action - and feeling and thinking. 4. Learning is a holistic process of adaptation...
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...IMPACT OF 3D PRINTING ON ENGINEERING PRACTICE Name: Institution: Introduction 3D printing is the procedure of creating an objective material from a three-dimensional digital replica. Characteristically, this is done by laying down vast succeeding thin layers of a material (3-D printing: additive manufacturing, 2015). To print a 3D object, the manufacturer needs to employ a 3D computer-aided design. Consequently, this report paper shall attempt to look at the impact of 3D printing on engineering practice during the couple of years. Body Engineering practice is the technological activities that guarantee an organization or a company create products of the needed eminence as anticipated (ISPE Good Practice Guide: Good Engineering Practice, 2015). The impact of 3D printing on the medical application is considered to be developing quickly and is anticipated to change the health care. Medical uses of 3D, mutually definite as well as latent, can be arranged into broad alternate groups comprising of tissue along with organ fabrication. Other impacts of 3D printing engineering practice in the field of medicine include the formulation of modified prosthetics, anatomical structures as well as the use of implants in the human body. It is vital to acknowledge...
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...Study Skills for Postgraduate Learning | Planning & Reflecting at Postgraduate Level | [Student Name] [Student ID] [Submission Date] | Table of Contents Abstract 3 Task 1: Development of a Research Strategy 4 Task 2: Development of a Project Plan 7 Task 3: Reflective Piece 10 Effectiveness of My Research Strategy & Project Plan 10 Problems Faced and Learning: 10 Learned Time Management Skills and Reflection Skills: 11 New Learning during the Research Project: Reviewing a Case Study 11 Conclusion from the Case study 13 My Reflections on the Research Questions: 13 References 14 Abstract The point addressed in this research document is the Importance of Planning and Reflection Skills at Postgraduate Level and also an assumption that post graduate students acquire planning and critical reflection skills automatically during their post graduate studies. Planning, critical thinking and reflecting are the pillars of the postgraduate study, managerial work and continuing professional development (CPD). “It is not sufficient simply to have an experience in order to learn. Without reflecting upon this experience it may quickly be forgotten, or its learning potential lost. It is from the feelings and thoughts emerging from this reflection that generalizations or concepts can be generated. And it is generalizations that allow new situations to be tackled effectively.” (Gibbs 1988) Reflection is a key element in any successful planning. You are...
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