Reflection and Reflective practice
Reflective practice is a skill that both practitioners and design students use to gain a deeper understanding of key ideas within any given project. The practice of reflection is one that enhances design thinking, effective idea generation and project progress.
Gibbs Reflective Cycle
The Gibbs Reflective cycle is one of the most common frameworks for reflective practice. The cycle goes through 6 phases which encompass what (you-did), why (you-dd-it), how (you-did-it), and if (you-did-it-again-what-would-be-different). By considering every aspect of this cycle a learner can ensure their output touches on the fundamentals of reflective practice.
Steps
Description
What happened?
Feelings
How did you feel about the experience
Evaluation
Signposting good and bad aspects of the experience
Analysis
What sense can you make of the situation?
Conclusion
Is there anything else you could have done?
Action Plan
How would you approach the experience differently based on the prior steps?
The face behind the name
Ricardo Eversley
Senior Lecturer in Digital Innovation
Founder, Father, Family Man and Friend