Kolb’s theory benefits student’s, educators and employers to help them be effective learners and be proactive with their day to day tasks. Kolb’s theory is split into 4 stages. Concrete experience is an experience that you have experiences and are able to remember and think back to what happened. In early years you see this when you learn things on the job and have new experience which you can learn from. The next step would have been a reflective observation this is where you reflect on the experience you have just encountered. This in early years will been seen when you think about the experience you have just had and reflect on what you can do differently what you did well in the situation and how you can mov forward and learn from it. This then leads on to the next stage which is abstract conceptualisation which is how you would change it and make these new ideas happen. Active experimentation is doing which you have reflected on and making the changes putting these into place.
I have found by doing these steps that I have reflected on a lot of my practice and I have therefore been able to identify where I need to work on and what I need to do regularly to feel I am performing my best in the setting.
Donald Schon came up with two types of reflection: reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action. Reflection in action allows you to look at how tings are going whilst they are still happening and then change and adapt things accordingly. Reflection on action is when after the experience has finished, we the look back on it and see what we could change for next time. In early years the reflection in action is used a lot and we can benefit from as we can look at the activity how the children are responding and then change it accordingly. However, reflection on action can be used when looking at your own development as you can look at things in the wider picture and see things from a different perspective which will help identify you areas of improvement.
I have used this theoretical perspective both in my course work duration and will continue using them as I found that they are helpful and enable me to identify and change things quickly and appropriately.
Therefore I feel as though this reflection is important in my practice and my professional development as new experience happen weekly in the setting and it is good to reflect on these so I can then identify If I need further training or support in this area to give the children staff and families the best support and care possible.
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