Personal Reflection Essay

feelings of sadness, and the need to give sufficient time or attention to painful emotions. Sorrow can be misunderstood and thus unresolved. Art can be used to further understand or reflect in a gentle way. this function brought up somber feelings and reflection during group discussion. Participants spoke of paintings containing a heaviness or sadness. After sorrow comes rebalance. Rebalance is referred to as “art putting one in a good mood.” For elders engaging in meaningful activities is at…

throughout the week there was increased communication between members. Here you could see the process of Norming becoming reality as everyone began to socialize and were more comfortable with each other. There has been a degree of personal difficulty and sort of a personal joke for me. On week one my desk top computer died on me, on week two my lap top screen died and on week three my printer died. I had mentioned it to my group at this meeting and from that moment on nothing else broke,…

Introduction The purpose of this report is for me to develop critical awareness and self-reflection of core social welfare competencies experienced while volunteering with the Healthy Living for Seniors Program (HLSP). The HLSP is a UnitingCare community day program for people over the age of 65 years thus the field of practice is “aged care” (Chenoweth & McAuliffe 2012, p. 141). The program is designed to support the health and wellbeing of their clients through a focus on social participation,…

Reflection: The aspects of the small group session that went well were that the group members were enthusiastic, prompt/engaged during group sessions, the lessons were well organized, the conference room was in a non-threatening area, and the students were open to feedback. I think the group went well because it was made up of all females who were visibly relieved to learn that there were others in the school that shared similar experiences. If any of the identified male students participated, I…

looking at this quick example the simplicity is evident but the questioning is still relevant. Some people prefer the listed method because you can prioritise by moving the most important tasks to the top. This shows that Rolfe’s model can stimulate reflection from novice to advances levels allowing the participant to be scholarly or very basic in principal I also believe Rolfe’s method can be further simplified by answering the 3 questions in a more written form allowing the individual to…

Yearbook personal reflection Yearbook is a class filled with energy, enthusiasm, and love for what we do. We are not only a class but a force that work together to achieve great things. Though being perfect is impossible, we the yearbook staff think differently and strive to perfection year after year. Being a part of yearbook is an honor, and I take pride in what I have accomplished this year. When I first joined yearbook I didn’t know what to expect. Was I going to be taking pictures? writing…

Janae KopetJanuary 17, 2016Adult Studies Seminar Block1 Kopet.Session1.Journal As far back as I can remember, I have always had a desire to understand people and why we do the things we do, to understand and evaluate the human condition. If I were to reflect on an experience in my life that influenced me in this direction, I could go back to growing up without a father and always having an awareness of how this affected my life, and the life of my brother. I could go back to the years of…

Reflection commentary of coaching skills This reflection commentary will consider the use of the: Outcome; Scaling: Know – how and Resources; Affirm and Action and Review (OSKAR) model scaling strategy (Jackson & McKergow, 2006, p. 138) during a coaching intervention with a work colleague (hereafter called the ‘participant’). My commentary will explore the interaction. It will examine if any learning took place for the participant or myself, as well as the appropriateness of the OSKAR scaling…

Personal reflective account I have chosen to use Kolb 's (1931) experiential learning model of reflection to reflect on my personal experience of moving house. I considered this to be the best model to assist me in reflecting on my experience as it allowed me to reflect on what happened, what my experience was, why it happened and what I will do when/if it happened again (McLeod, 2010). What happened? I lived with my parents for 20 years, we had always lived in the same house, so I had never…

Oosting felt that each and every person is born with a gift that will aid them in finding or fulfilling their vocation, however this gift is not something that can be learned or practiced, but rather something one finds upon vast amounts of self-reflection and…