methods of learning and how they can be assessed

Reflective Practice Audit

Introduction

Within this audit I am going to be talking about the methods of learning and how they can be assessed.

I will be showing the skills and experiences of which I have, how they have been developed and a SWOT analysis to evaluate myself. Then I will have expanded on the findings of my skills and experiences, with the final point that I will then be constructing a table showing my short and long-term targets to develop skills and learning styles.

Then I will have a final inclusion of my bibliography and references by using the Harvard referencing style.

Methods

From my research I have found out that there are four main learning styles of which I have explained below: -

Pragmatist

With a pragmatist they like using new ideas, theories and techniques to find out how they perform. They like applying sensible solutions to problems, and they are usually willing to recognise that there is more than likely a more effective method of performance and it is worthwhile.

Reflective

The reflective learners are cautious and they like to think about experiences and view them in many different ways to help them come to a conclusion. When doing this they collect and collate information to reach a conclusion.

Theorist

Perfectionists are what theorist learners are known to be as they prefer to observe, while analysing and solving problems logically. This type of learners use structures that help information make sense to them, as they only want to go by theories, not lateral opinions.

Activist

People who classify under this style are ready for new experiences, as they are open-minded and enthusiastic. They like new challenges and can’t wait for a new experience (http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm).

From an interpretation of my learning style I found out that I ...

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Theorist

Activist

From an interpretation of my learning style I found out that I am mainly a visual learner, also using largely using listening and practicality to learn. Of which I agree with because I prefer to watch when learning, as well as being involving practically which I like better, but I would say that I don’t like listening because it always feel that I want to disagree with everything, as I want to visualise what is occurring.

By performing the lassi questionnaire I have found out that my areas of weakness are attitude/interest, motivation, anxiety, use of support techniques/materials and test strategies/preparation for exams.

Results

To show the results of my skills I have produced a table of skills that I possess, and experiences that assist my learning: -

My SWOT Analysis (Related to the past 5 years)

Discussion of results & Conclusion

From my research and results I have found out that the main things that motivate me are performing perfection, and performing tasks correctly, as I am highly motivated by improved level of tasking and benefits (i.e. money and fringe benefits).

My abilities are viewed by others vaguely it a sense that people know that I am hard-working and that I am a perfectionist, but they don’t all know the extent of my accounting/IT knowledge. With the people who know of my knowledge feel that it is boring, due to the fact that they don’t understand it.

The main factors that affect my learning are the fact that I am unconfident socially, when presenting information and that I need to think more thoroughly when listening to ask relevantly detailed information.

From the methods I have used as shown above I have found out that I am a reflective learner due to the fact that observe/listen to information before I analyse it an come to a conclusion of what to do using my opinion, as I like to collect a large range of information and view the whole picture.

Recommendation

For this I have constructed a table to show aims that I need to meet in the future, as recommendations of my learning: -