Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom - Mark Hetherington

This is a short posting which illustrates the final session I hold with classes that I have taught over two sessions. In the 2024-25 session, these were SWAP Nurses, Level 6 Counselling and Level 6 Social Care / Social Work. They all took the demanding double unit, Communication (NC).

I have always felt that this unit covers so much ground, right from the very first class, where every hour counts, and it really demands some sort of closure. I choose to reflect using this structure, and the sessions do last the full two hours. Both lecturer and learner(s) get a good reflective workout for sure!

Running order of the session, which I call "OUR Communication Journey":

Students are reminded of just how much ground is covered undertaking this reflective exercise in the classes and the "academic survivors" really do see a sense of achievement, quite rightly so.

The full slides can be seen here:  Final Reflections June 2025 - Copy.pptx

Feel free to adapt the above PowerPoint if you think it would be of benefit to you.

Mark






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