There are many models or frameworks that you can use, depending on your discipline, topic, and level of reflection. Some common examples are Gibbs' reflective cycle, Kolb's experiential learning ...

The Gibbs Reflective Cycle is a six-stage model that expands on the Kolb Cycle by adding more specific questions and prompts for each stage. The stages are: description, feelings, evaluation ...

A simple, three-step model for practical reflection is presented, which is based on theory and grounded in practice. The three-stage cycle is illustrated with a fictional clinical example to show how ...

Bairbre Redmond. Published by Ashgate Publishing 2006 163 £16.99 paperback. 0-7546-4955-5 A quotation closes her preface: “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original ...

My personal experience of using a reflective journal was during my postgraduate degree in physical education and teaching. Within my journal I used Gibbs’ (1988) reflection cycle, focusing on the ...

Box 1. Reflective practice in action: an example of how using reflective practice can help a nurse. Mrs Green is in her 70s and has a cancer that is difficult to treat. Her daughter, Mary, visits ...