Understanding the RPL claim

 So after the zoom session this morning on the RPL process, some of the fog has started to lift!

Was good to see other faces on a Monday morning doing something that we wouldn't normally be doing- I definitely see Mondays as a bit of a challenge sometimes - always a busy day at the college and then followed by an evening of teaching in the studio. Starting the day off with a fresh focus felt great!

One thing that I am relieved about is the fact that we don't have to get all the areas of learning essays in at the same time. The fact that we can spread them out over the 2nd term is reassuring, as I must admit that it feels quite daunting at the moment to think that they would all need to be done by the 21st March deadline.

Maybe once I get going with the process and have had my supervision meeting, it may seem more achievable - I will wait and see.

The fact that we can also write a longer essay and then claim for a greater weighting of the credits was something I hadn't realised, and may work well for some of my lengthier periods of learning.

Annotating my CV will be a really interesting exercise, and I can already see how some areas of learning for reflection will come from that. How will everyone else annotate? At the moment I'm imagining that I will use a coloured font to add my comments onto the word doc of my CV. What are your thoughts?

I'm hoping that my amazon book order will be here in the next couple of days so that I can start to get into  some reading on reflective practice - I love to read so am looking forward to it. It'll be finding the time that I will need to be strict with myself about!

Helen mentioned that previous students have found podcasts and audiobooks on reflective practice to be really useful - I'm going to give these a go and see how they are for me. Has anyone else tried these before? How did you find them? 

Hope you all have a good week - happy blogging!


 

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  1. Unknown8 February 2022 at 14:31

    What have you ordered for your your library?! I'm getting started on Schon to add to some of the reflective work I have done previously, so that will be a good starting point for me. Will post a blog about it sometime!

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    1. Unknown10 February 2022 at 10:35

      Hi Melody - it's Nicola by the way! Sorry forgot to sign off the reply! Looking forward to hear what you think about the books too :)

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  2. Melody Edge9 February 2022 at 01:35

    Hi, not sure who this is so perhaps you can let me know! I've ordered the 2 books on the essential reading list to start with - Educating the Reflective Practitioner - Schon, and A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning - Jennifer Moon. I need to get up into my loft to find some other books that I am sure will be useful for this element of the course! Look forward to hearing what you think through your blogs!

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  3. jacqui11 February 2022 at 11:14

    Hi Melody,

    Your idea about coloured fonts sounds good. I agree 21 March seems not that long away! Look forward to hearing more of your ideas - thanks for sharing

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