PSYCHOLOGY PRESENTATION

The Importance of reflexivity-bringing research methods into practice

10-minute Staff focused mini teach with Nick Shaw

Start

· What it is?

· Why it's important?

· The impossible task

· Putting it in to practice

Reflexivity:

· Applying it to teaching Qualitative Research

· Benefits for students and teaching career paths

Broadly speaking, being reflexive is often considered as a process that you engage with to look over what has happened, how it happened, and the impacts something may have had. But its important to differentiate here that reflexivity can be 2 separate entities. We have reflexive practice and reflexivity in research.

What is reflexivity?

Reflexive practice

Reflexivity in Research

The Impossible Task

Think of an area that you have absolutely no experience with, no opinion about, or no knowledge of and think about how that may influence your approach to that subject and why this may affect how you interpret the phenomena

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culture

Discussion Activity:

status

Alcohol

religion

Lets think about alcohol. We all are familiar with what it is but how might you approach a research project, especially one where alcohol consumption is being talked about in either a postive or negative way, from these factors.

sex and gender

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How does teaching reflexivity benefit our students?

Reduce Anxiety

Reflexive practice

SPARK

Confidence

Explaining reflexivity and perceptions can instill confidence in our students. Confidence in their own ability

Knowing that there is no right answer is anxiety provoking. Making students aware of this can reduce the anxiety

It provides a great opportunity to introduce students to being reflexive in all aspects of their lives

It encourages our values

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What does it mean in our practice?

we know we can reflect on our practice in terms of what worked well and not so well and then adapt to meet the needs of the next group or session... but what about us as people?

who we are

Lets consider ourselves

what experience we have

Us

how long have we been doing it

Think about who we are. what experience do we have? how long have we been involved in psychology? do we remember what it was like to come across this information for the first time? how did we learn? how can we make what we found hard, easier for our students?

how can we adapt

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How does bringing in research reflexivity benefit our practice?

Standout

Progressive

Accessible and resourceful

kindness

being reflexive in our approach to teach content can help us stand out as a lecturer

Being able to adapt to different groups, topics and sessions, and using our own experience to guide students is progression from the archaic ways of old

using your expertise to breakdown jargon and debunk myths makes content more accessible and demonstrates your resourcefulness

recognising we were once in their position can help us understand the struggles they may have and adapt our approach

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THANKS!

Thanks for considering the importance of reflexivity in research and practice