Gibbs Model Of Social Work

Another importance of reecon in social work pracce is that reecon is intrinsicallylinked to learning (Schon 1983; Kolb, 1984) and through learning new skills, understandingsand knowledge we are able to enhance our professional development.Reecve processes/models allow us to structure our learning from situaons and help us todeconstruct our experiences. For example, Gibbs reecve model allows us to return to anexperience by recalling salient events and then connect our feelings to it. The process thenhelps us to evaluate the experience and analyse it before leading lead us to take some sortof acon based on the conclusion that we arrived at. Reecve pracce is not without its cricisms. For example Brook7eld (1995) claim thathardly have an intellectual quest been lauded for its meagre and …show more content…
Brook7eld (1995) again warnsthat there are psychological damages in quesoning our assumpons on which we act whenthe alternave happens not to be in congruence with our assumpons. For instance, if onebelieves in a certain way of working and through reecon that assumpon is disproved itcan lead to loss of self-con7dence. This I can a@est to because I have found that every meI look back at some decision I have made and 7nd alternave decisions that could have beenmade I queson my judgement and become reluctant in making other decisions or trying togo back to change things which in most cases are impossible.One of the aims of reecon is self-improvement. However, Quinn (1998) noted thatconnuous striving for self-improvement can lead to self-disapproval and rejecon if theself-improvement fails to materialise. Furthermore, reecve pracce places theresponsibilies on praconers to maintain and improve their pracce, absorbingorganisaons of ensuring the provision of adequate training and resources to