Reflective practice has become a key part of working life in the early years sector in recent years. But while it is routinely talked about, practitioners often find it much harder to put into effect.
Now, the early years mandatory unit 4 of the new Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce aims to ensure that learners have the skills to engage in reflective practice. The three-credit unit requires learners to explore the issues of professional practice, reflection and review, and adopt a focused approach to the development of strategies to address professional development in challenging areas.
It is a lynchpin unit for learners because they are not going to be able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of early years practice if they have not thought about what it is they are doing. Inevitably they will struggle to develop their practice if they are not able to question what they do and how they do it.
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