| Pro | Con | |
| Gibbs | -Has a space for what actions to take – Robust and built for future action -Allows for lots of unpacking of the experience -Includes analysis | -Can be time consuming, especially if doing often -May be overwhelming for starting out with |
| Boud | -Quick and concise -Quick for getting thoughts and ideas out -Can be used to find a variety of needs afterwards -More approachable for starting to reflect -Much more feelings focused | -Very brief -Missing what to do with the information gathered -May not be useful for bigger reflective needs -Vague to the point of not giving direction |
I chose to compare Gibbs and Boud because having a longer method and a shorter method can be really important, especially depending on the experiences being reflected on. Having a quicker and shorter method can be important when you are trying to get just what happened out and it can give a way to process and think things through without really digging into everything about the event. The longer methods are great for truly thinking through an event and exactly what to do going forwards.
For where I took extra details about the thinking models:
Boud https://www.toolshero.com/personal-development/boud-reflection-model/ however I cannot double check what I read on this page due to a paywall after being on the page once. https://umanitoba.ca/centre-advancement-teaching-learning/support/reflective-teaching#bouds-triangular-representation for another cite I looked at for boud.
I chose to use Boud’s reflective process to reflect on this experience because for this situation I am not looking for a super in depth analysis, I don’t need a large amount of exact details for future action so this is not a situation that Gibb’s reflective cycle will help me with or is necessary for.
Experience: First semester we were in partners to teach a math lesson at the middle school level. During our lesson I found myself letting my partner take the lead while theaching and I became a support rather than actively teaching.
Reflection: I am someone who will fall back into supporting others rather than pushing to take a larger role in the teaching, especially when I am partnered with someone who will push to take more control in a lesson. There is not much conversation even about it. I just let myself fall back without much push from the other person.
Learning: Now that I am aware of this behaviour I have it lets me know that I either will do better teaching wise on my own or with someone who does not default as easily to taking the lead since I know I can do the leading part when others are not easily defaulted to or they are people who do not take on that role quicker than me.
The Teachers competencies link: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/teachered/competencies-12/
2. develop a growth mindset demonstrated in collaboration with others: I find that the first step towards building the growth in growth mindset is recognizing where you need to grow and knowing what needs to change. Then you need to start coming up with the plan on how to make these changes to grow. As a start just me recognizing that I need to not let myself fall to supporting another teacher all the time is important for me to be able to start building my own confidence as a teacher. Once I have built up more confidence in my abilities as a teacher I might stop with this behaviour of falling back to let others take the lead, but I also may not since I am naturally a shy and quiet individual so that might just be a factor that I will always need to be conscious of. But I am glad that I can recognize the need to grow and change in this way and can start working towards this growth now rather than later.