scholarly journals Rediscovering the Self Through Self-Reflection and Transformative Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-247
Author(s):  
Vanden Thong
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Personal Reflections

This article explores the relevancy and potential benefits of self-reflection and reflective practice in promoting personal and professional development. In addition, it reviews the concept of transformative learning in conjunction with self-reflection since the two constructs connect to each other as well as to the process of human development. Moreover, different educational programs and activities that increase the likelihood of change and transformation are discussed. Lastly, this article concludes with my personal reflections on my learning and growth as I adapted to change and navigated new environments while studying abroad in Great Britain.

Reflective Practice in Advising: Introduction to the Column

Relay Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 293-295
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Potential Growth ◽  
Community Of Learning ◽  
Reflection On Action

Welcome to the second reflective practice column where we are pleased to share another series of active advisors’ voices with our professional community. The first column of Reflective Practice in Advising in Volume 1(1) became a prelude for creating a global community of learning advisors with the aim of building a platform to share our professional development experiences and further seek opportunities for growth. As in Issue 1, in this issue of Relay Journal, all the contributors are engaged in a different advising context with various sociocultural backgrounds, but each of the case studies illustrates how their reflective practice enables learning advisors to continue exploring potential growth at any point in their career. In other words, the journey of becoming a learning advisor is ever-lasting, as long as the learning advisor is willingly seeking an opportunity for transformative learning. The post-publication reflective dialogues in Issue 1, although experimental, were a great success. They triggered active discussions among learning advisors, which lead to further reflection-on-action and reflection-for-action (Farrell, 2015) among the contributors. These open and collaborative dialogues across the sociocultural boundaries exemplify professional development for learning advisors.

scholarly journals Using the Power of Student Reflection to Enhance Professional Development

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Zimmerman ◽  
Debra Byram Hanson ◽  
Jan Stube ◽  
Janet Jedlicka ◽  
Lavonne Fox
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Student Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Student Reflection ◽  
Continuing Competency ◽  
Future Practice

Student personal and professional development is an area of increasing importance in professional education programs. The practitioner of the future needs to be able to reflect and self-assess his/her learning in order to take intentional steps toward developing or continuing competency. The purpose of this article is to describe the evolution of one program’s process of incorporating self-reflection and feedback as an integral part of the curriculum. Examples of the guiding questions are included. The value of a self-reflective student evaluation process in the development of reflective practice and its implementation within a professional healthcare curriculum and future practice environments are discussed.

scholarly journals Exploring novice EAP teacher’s self-reflection as a platform for professional development

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sari Hidayati
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
English Education ◽  
Single Case ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Development Data

Novice English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers are inevitably confronted with complex issues in their first year of teaching. This is particularly relevant in Indonesia, where EAP teachers are graduates of English Education departments and have no initial preparation for their tasks of teaching EAP. Professional reflection has the potential to assist novice language teachers, particularly those who teach EAP, to negotiate complex aspects in their teaching practice. For this reason, this single case study explored one participant’s understandings of and experiences with self-reflection as a form of professional development. Data were garnered from a single semi-structured, open-ended interview. The findings of the study suggest that the participant made use of reflective practice to merge theory and practice and build a systematic inquiry to construct his professional identity, which led to evidence-based decision making processes. Further, professional reflection also assisted him in negotiating challenges and engage in problem solving processes. Finally, reflective practice enabled the participant to consider institutional provisions and expectations for teacher professional development, which showcased his needs for professional development as a novice teacher.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of the Self-Leadership Behaviors of Thai and U.S. Elementary Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Praporntip Kunagornpitak ◽  
Wirot Sanrattana ◽  
Merrill M. Oaks
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
High Level

The purpose of the study was to compare self-leadership behaviors of Thai and U.S. elementary teachers using the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire. Findings indicated that Thai and U.S. elementary teachers had self-leadership behaviors at a high level. Significant differences in self-leadership behaviors were found for Thai teachers regarding two demographic variables, and for U.S. teachers regarding four variables. The study identified strengths related to the cultures of each group of teachers that were seen as potential benefits to the other group. These strengths provided the basis for recommendations related to professional development and teacher training.

Accounts of consent: Orienting to self-other relations regarding motivations to participate in cancer bio-banking

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Shipman ◽  
Srikant Sarangi ◽  
Angus J. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Extreme Case ◽  
The Self ◽  
Case Formulation ◽  
Contrast Structure ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Clinical Encounters ◽  
Rhetorical Discourse ◽  
Motivation To Participate ◽  
Significant Factors

The motivations of those who give consent to bio-banking research have received a great deal of attention in recent years. Previous work draws upon the notion of altruism, though the self and/or family have been proposed as significant factors. Drawing on 11 interviews with staff responsible for seeking consent to cancer bio-banking and 13 observations of staff asking people to consent in routine clinical encounters, we investigate how potential participants are oriented to, and constructed as oriented to, self and other related concerns (Author 2007). We adopt a rhetorical discourse analytic approach to the data and our perspective can be labelled as ‘ethics-in-interaction’. Using analytic concepts such as repetition, extreme case formulation, typical case formulation and contrast structure, our observations are three-fold. Firstly, we demonstrate that orientation to ‘general others’ in altruistic accounts and to ‘self’ in minimising burden are foregrounded in constructions of motivation to participate in cancer bio-banking across the data corpus. Secondly, we identify complex relational accounts which involve the self as being more prominent in the consent encounter data where the staff have a nursing background whereas ‘general others’ feature more when the staff have a scientific background. Finally, we suggest implications based on the disparities between how participants are oriented in interviews and consent encounters which may have relevance for developing staff’s reflective practice.

Makna Alif dalam Puisi Zikir D. Zawawi Imron dan Sajak Alif Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Sholeha Rosalia ◽  
Yosi Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
The Self ◽  
Sociology Of Literature ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Creation

Alif means the first, saying the Supreme Life and is Sturdy and has the element of fire and Alif is formed from Ulfah (closeness) ta'lif (formation). With this letter Allah mementa'lif (unite) His creation with the foundation of monotheism and ma'rifah belief in appreciation of faith and monotheism. Therefore, Alif opens certain meanings and definitions of shapes and colors that are in other letters. Then be Alif as "Kiswah" (clothes) for different messages. That is a will. "IQRO" is a revelation that was first passed down to the Prophet Muhammad. Saw. Read it, which starts with the letter Alif and ends with the letter Alif. The creation of a poem is influenced by the environment and the self-reflection of a poet where according to the poet's origin, in comparing in particular Alif's poetry from the two poets. The object of this research is the poetry of Zikir by D. Zawawi Imron and Sajak Alif by Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda. This study uses a comparative method and sociology of literature. Through a comparative study of literature between the poetry of Zikir D. Zawawi Imron and Sajak Alif Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda, it is hoped that the public can know the meaning of Alif according to the poet's view. With this research, the Indonesian people can accept different views on the meaning of Alif in accordance with their respective understanding without having to look for what is right and wrong. The purpose in Alif is like a life, in the form of letters like a body, a tree that is cut to the root, from the heart is split to the seeds, then from the seeds are split so that nothing is the essence of life. So, it is clear that Alif is the most important and Supreme letter. Talking about the meaning of Alif as the first letter revealed on earth. After the letter Alif was revealed, 28 other Hijaiyah letters were born. The letter Alif is made the beginning of His book and the opening letter. Other letters are from Alif and appear on him.

Reflection of the Editorial Process of an Academic Journal

Relay Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Phillip A. Bennett ◽  
Maria Giovanna Tassinari ◽  
Ena Hollinshead ◽  
Fergal Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Editorial Process ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Editing Process ◽  
Insight Into

This paper is a reflection on our experiences as managing editors and layout editors of volume 2, issue 2 of Relay Journal. In accordance with the developmental aims of Relay Journal, via this reflective practice, our motivations are not only to foster each others’ learner autonomy and grow our professional development, but additionally to encourage others to also share reflections of their editing responsibilities, practices, and realisations. We also believe this will provide insight into the process for those who do not have the experience in such roles, yet wish to pursue them. With that in mind, we will briefly detail the journal-editing process and our roles in such; then follow with our individual reflections upon our experiences. Our reflections will focus on our responsibilities and roles, our feelings, and what we learned through the experience.

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