Student: Maucha Loney
Tutor: Jasmine Bryan
Assignment 2:
Course: Infed
Level: 6
Word Count 5300
I confirm that this work has not been copied, plagiarized or duplicated
Informal Education and critical practice
Supervision Project
When I think about supervision what often comes to mind is someone looking over someone else shoulder making sure that things are being done properly, this however only suggest part of a very complex process and role. Through out this project I aim to look at the concept of supervision and the phenomena behind it. To help me with my exploration of supervision I will draw upon the works from Hawkins and Shohet to give a foundation of supervision but will …show more content…
It seeks to ensure that workers are doing there job as best and as effectively as possible. An example of is when I meet with my line manager to discus how I was getting on at work and to see if I was meeting the pre set goals of workshops that I had to deliver. In the session we look at whether I had achieved my goals and if I had not we identify ways that would allow me to do so. It was very much about my working performance. This method of supervision did not take in to account me as a person or any external issues that perhaps affected my performance. However since joining YMCA I have been exposed to different kinds of supervision. This supervision is conducted by an external professional with not attachment to neither my work place nor the college there role is to supervise me as a trainee professional. This new encounter brought a different understanding and a new perspective to my world of supervision. No longer was it just about my role at work or my role as a student but it was an environment in which I could explore different aspects of me which are all …show more content…
I would agreed with this suggestion had it not been for my experience with non managerial supervision which was a great benefit and helping aid in understand me in my many different roles.
When the term reflections is used it is make suggestion to a process of thinking, going back in time analysing things that have previously take place, and trying to understand or make sense of what or why things happened, from this learning can be established and actions can be take Thompson & Thompson refer to this as being ‘reflective practitioner’ they suggest that is important to make connections between ‘thinking and doing’