Reflective supervision often supports practitioners to learn from their professional experiences. Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle provides a useful framework for understanding how experience can be explored, reflected upon, and translated into learning and improved practice.
Take some time to reflect on the questions below and record your thoughts in a private supervision journal or notebook. These reflections are for your own professional development and do not need to be submitted.
Prompting Questions
Reflect on how experiential learning supports reflective supervision practice.
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How does Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle support reflective learning in supervision?
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Why is it important for practitioners to reflect on experience before moving to problem-solving or advice?
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How can supervisors help practitioners move through the stages of experience, reflection, learning, and application during supervision conversations?
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How might using a structured reflective model improve the quality of learning and professional development in supervision?