Importance of Reflective Learning and Feedback in Business and Management

This assignment requires you to reflect on your learning from the module in order to explain the importance of a reflective approach to learning and the value of formative feedback to inform and improve summative assessed work.

1.Understand the importance of a reflective approach to learning within Business and Management discipline;

2. Demonstrate an ability to use feedback and feedforward as an integral to inform and improve future formative and summative assessed work;

Discuss the importance of reflective learning and describe how a reflective approach to feedback and feedforward can inform and improve future formative and summative assessed work. Please look at the assignment brief attached herewith.

Description Of The Task – What You Are Being Asked To Do

The guidance below sets out the requirements of the task and a suggested structure for the essay. 

Introduction (150 words) your introduction should state the aim of the essay, define reflective learning and other key concepts and outline the content of the essay. The content of the essay should include a relevant model of reflection, description of a reflective approach to feedback and feedforward and how this can inform and improve formative and summative assessments.

First body paragraph (400 words) should describe reflection and reflective approach to learning, using a relevant model of reflection (e.g., Gibbs, 1988) 

Second body paragraph (400 words) should describe the nature of feedback and feedforward, and the use of your chosen model for reflection on feedback and feedforward 

Third body paragraph (400 words) should describe how a reflective approach to feedback and feedforward can inform and improve future formative and summative assessments.

Conclusion (150 words) your conclusion should link back to the aim of the essay and briefly restate your main points in addition to your final thought or reflection on the significance of the topic.

Word count: 1500 words +/– 150 words. 

You must reference all information used in the essay, using the Harvard Referencing Guide.     

Notes:

1. The task requirement is an essaynot a report or reflective journal. You must therefore ensure that your structure, outline, content, style and presentation accord with academic writing conventions for an essay.
2. You must use the correct Canterbury Harvard Referencing conventions for your in-text citations and reference list