Intense Self-Reflection: My Most Valuable Learning

To tackle my goals this semester I needed to have a clear focus. Tackling my goals this semester has made me a stronger dancer. From the start of the semester, I have wanted to work on the continuation of my goals from the previous semester. In each class I have worked on finding ways to work on my goals anyway possible. Reflecting my work from the beginning of the semester until now, I have seen myself wanting to be more dedicated to my goals each class. The goals I had for the semester helped me to progress and I continue to work on the ones I struggle with. By having a strong work ethic and clear focus I have had a chance to work on all my main goals throughout the semester: musicality, fluidity, tension, staying lifted in the core, and confidence.

The strong leader recognizes that an important part of information management is reflection. This self-assessment should include personal biases, desires, and preferences. Looking past personal perspectives and reviewing the data within the context out of which it arises deepens the objectivity and clarity with which the leader can observe and assess the data. Critical components that should be carefully accommodated in this reflective self-assessment are: personal biases, current mental models, individual needs, past practices, self-fulfilling expectations, wish listing and prescriptive deliberation. As for my personal biases, I have learned over the years that they are very good yardsticks for me to look at an issue and to know clearly how I feel about it, but I have always known what I think and what I feel are often different than my colleagues and my patients. I use this to keep my mind open to others whose views are different than mine and I use them to approach and analyze situations, but never to influence the decisions or behavior of others. A specific example is that of a woman’s right to choose: I am anti-abortion for myself as a woman but I support safe health care for all women. Current mental models vary from facility to facility and evolve over time. My career has spanned 34 years and I too have evolved during this time. Today, I feel I am working in much more of a collegial culture and one which is at least attempting to embrace diversity

The areas of productiveness in this session for me included the paraphrasing and minimal encouragers. Throughout this session I felt that my paraphrasing was clear and concise. It allowed the client to think about what he had said, while being able to provide me with feedback and allowed for the conversation to flow naturally.

I chose to base my studies on J because we shared a lot in common; we are both Christians living in a predominantly Muslim country. He is eleven years old. His parents are Jordan nationals who have lived in Bahrain for at least two years. J goes to school at Naseem International School where I work. The school offers PYP programs. Lessons are conducted in English; however, Arabic lessons are also offered per week. Majority of kids in this school are Muslims most of whom are Bahrainis. Other nationalities making the student population are Saudis, Lebanese, Jordanians, few South Africans, and other Arabian Gulf countries. Teachers are a mixture of nationalities. Some of them are Arabs, others South Africans, while some are Europeans.

Humans are adapted uniquely to learn, and this process id has done throughout their entire lifespan, for the cases of learning, it does not stop even after higher education, implying that learning is a gradual process throughout the entire lifespan. Those people who keep learning are always very successful in transforming their lives, that of their families, and then that of the entire community. Also, the process of learning does not take place in isolation. Furthermore, there are some factors that may either be instrumental in boosting the learning process or hindering the process of learning. The motivation of a person can either help or sometimes hinder his ability in the process of learning. One's external factors, for instance, the demands and obligations can be either hinder or help his learning process. There are some factors can influence learning behavior of a person, and these may include the resources of possessed by the people, availability of the information concerning learning opportunities, the presence of favorable learning environment, and among

Introduction: Reflection on Self as a Learner–How would you describe yourself as a learner, prior to this semester? What factors about you or your learning environment have contributed to your development as a learner?

This essay provides discussion on the importance of reflection in professional and personal development. It glances at the definition of Reflection and how reflective practices could be used by professional bodies to ensures Continuous Professional Development (CPD). Moreover, it explores the roles of reflection in the provision of quality care and likewise focuses on a model of reflection and its application to practice.

In the article Becoming a Self-Regulated Learner, author Barry Zimmerman gives an overview of this skill, and after reading this article, I connected the ideas mentioned with my topic.

Learning is defined as a permanent change in attitude or behaviour that occurs as a result of repeated experience (Sims & Sims, 1995). Understanding one’s learning style has many advantages as it

I believe learning is a natural skill that can be enhanced once a person recognizes their

I made the decision to return to college twenty years later, wanting to become more employable. My husband coaxed me into pursue a bachelor’s degree. Sitting in college courses with people the same age as my oldest child was awkward. It is much harder to socialize as an older student with events my priorities are different. After a few quarters I was able to make a few connections and get into the pace. I’ve persevered through the last four years to be able to graduate, overcoming illness (that had me hospitalized and had long-term recovery), financial burdens, and the juggling of school, family and home. I am most proud that, I’ve worked 20 to 30 hours a week, gone to school full-time, and finished a degree in four years.

Teachers can become culturally relevant by engaging in critical self-reflection by utilizing the nine teaching skills mentioned in Chapter 10 to become effective instructional leaders with students. When teachers observe, learn, and use these skills, it creates a sense of transparency and engagement in professional conversations which move’s the educators within the institution forward. However, for a school-wide learning community such as teaching and learning tools to be successful in this endeavor the administrators must ensure that all their teachers are aware that “this is what we do here” Skrla et al. (2009).

What personality type did you chose and what elements in your project specifically relate to that personality type and why? How did you market to the strength of your chosen psychographic?

In my journey of becoming a professional teacher, the main two events which took place in my life were self-reflection and professional development.

Perhaps this deep awareness and self-reflection is both a blessing and a curse! Hmm, connecting the dots in a way no one else can. Mustn't innovative thinkers build off of some fundamental idea that is necessarily framed and shaped by previous thinkers? I find it hard to believe that any epiphany I might have is truly unique in that it was not inspired by something or someone else before. Yes, it is necessary to connect the dots differently, uniquely. My life, the oddities, the synchronicities, the hardship, and the way that the universe conspires around and about me, is no doubt different from the experience of previous thinkers. Yet, as I connect these dots to fit my life, I still feel that it is wise to continue to be guided by past brilliance. If you have any further suggestions of readings or theories or great thinkers that you would like to recommend, please do not hesitate to do so. I would like to flip through my History of Psychology textbook, but I lent it to a friend and I am unsure when I will get it back. "If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else? That's not self-help, that's help. There's no such thing as self-help... if you did it yourself, you didn't need help." Well, I'm lost when I try to do this myself. So I suppose I am looking for help. But, I'm looking for something beyond any help that can be offered to me through medication or therapy or anything like that. I want to find the answer myself, but I shamelessly