Tools for reflection 2013
- 1. Tools for reflection Martin Locock June 2013 mlocock
- 2. Objectives •Understand how we use our time •Understand critical thinking and critical reflection •Apply a range of techniques to enhance reflection
- 3. Exercise 1: time allocation How much of your time is spent: •preparing for activity •doing activity •reviewing activity •Compare with partner
- 4. Planning 10% Activity 80% Review 10% Planning 35% Activity 60% Review 5% Planning 25% Activity 60% Review 15% Type A Living in the present Hurry sickness? Type B Planning/doing Type C Plan/Do/Reflect
- 5. Reviewing your time use • How much time spent doing is wasted? • How much time spent planning is wasted? • How much time spent reflecting is wasted? • Stephen Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: sharpening the saw
- 6. Reflection • Should you spend more time reflecting? • Why can’t you spend enough time on it now? Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory David Allen Getting Things Done Photo: Sham Shaikh
- 7. Reasons not to reflect • Feels selfish? • Unproductive? • Can’t find time? • Risky? • Whose permission do you need to change your time use?
- 8. Critical thinking and reflection Self awareness - the internal narrative Becoming self-aware in real time Critical reflection - what did I learn? what did I do well? what should I do next?
- 9. Building a routine •Needs to work for you •Time, place, environment, materials •Regular / default behaviour - new habit •Make a commitment •Value success Stefan Sagmeister
- 10. The Museum of Lost Ideas Photo: Jon Hanson
- 11. Daily reflection • First 5 minutes • Waiting for computer to start • Things you plan to do today • Last 5 minutes • Things you plan to do tomorrow • Things you did today - reflection
- 12. Keeping a notebook • A working tool not a work of art • Be honest • Be reflective and analytical • Date your entries and review them • Can be questions • Can be action points
- 13. An effective diary •Day 1: three things I’m grateful for •Day 2: a great memory •Day 3: a future plan •Day 4: letter to someone •Day 5: review where you are From Richard Wiseman 59 Seconds Stefan Sagmeister
- 14. Critical friends What is a critical friend? Someone who will assist your personal development over the medium term Provides: trust, support, honesty, time = friend And: challenge, measure progress = critical Not: information, advice, negative comments Who makes a good critical friend? Not your boss Not your best friend Who?
- 15. Exercise 2: free writing : A current problem Free writing is a technique that allows you to follow a line of thought without self-editing and will often end by exposing an insight of which you were not consciously aware. •Select an issue (a current problem you are facing) •Start writing what you think or feel about it •Don’t worry about structure, spelling or layout •Keep the pen moving across the page •Don’t go back to correct or erase •Defined time Feedback?
- 16. Critical reflection toolbox •Routine •Notebook •Diary •Critical friend •Free writing