Reflective Learning

An Overview

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 What is Reflective Learning?

Learning from each other

WHAT IS IT? WHY?

—Facilitated —Cater for
interactive different styles
group of learning
discussions —Focus on
—Through simple identifying what
and engaging is important
materials —Highlight issue
(video!): make a through
personal
METHOD THAT CREATES personal
experience
BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE sharing
REFLECTIVE LEARNING
SAVE LIVES!
FOCUS
ON KEY THEMES
FOR ALL EMPLOYEES

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VIDEO!
 Research on reflective learning concept

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 Background

Challenges
 Penetration of Learning
 Effectiveness of Learning

Aim
 Make Learning From Incidents more effective by supporting
people to internalise the learning using a structured
engagement method

Strategic objectives
 Introduce reflective learning using a maritime theme
(mooring)
 Focus on ‘risk normalization’ and ‘situational awareness’.
 Support the maritime contractors in focusing on the
mooring safety campaign in Q4 2014
 Up skill engagement leaders by improving group discussion
skills

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 Typical session

 Ideally 20 participants, maximum 30 participants

 Session is about 70-90 minutes (This is a large investment of people’s

time, so it must be taken seriously to prepare well and follow up)

 Welcome and safety brief – 5 minutes

 Introduction – 5 minutes

 What are barriers? – 5 minutes

 Video part 1 & group discussion – 15 minutes

 Video part 2 & group discussion – 20 minutes

 Video part 3 & group discussion and team action – 15 minutes

 Video part 4 & Personal action commitment – 5 minutes

 Collect actions & Wrap up

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1. Intro to Mooring
activity
4. Questions:
What do you think
happened next?
Discuss all realistic
mooring scenarios
applicable on your
vessel?
7. What was the
Analysis and follow
up to the incident
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Video – high level
2. Intro to incidents
3. What happened
involving mooring
prior to incident
activity
6. Questions.
What are the barriers on
your vessel that would
5. What happened prevent this incident from
happening?
during the incident,
What could cause these
consequence barriers to fail?
What could be done to
make the barriers more
effective?
8. Questions:
What is required to What is the most
change or improve important thing you
mooring safety on your felt about this incident?
vessel?
Identify a team action Commit to a personal
from this discussion action
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 Steps to Success

 Identify a focal point in the contractor organisation

 Ensure right level of leadership has been engaged in the organisation

 Identify groups that would be suitable for the session (on vessels, in
training centre, etc)

 Identify who would facilitate these sessions (Captain, senior officers, fleet
trainers)

 Provide session facilitators, training on group discussion skills ( e-

learning and F2F)

 Plan and carry out reflective learning sessions using trained

facilitators

 Ensure session details, Team and personal actions are sent to focal
point

 Management review team actions to understand issues or 7

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 Roll out plan

 Jun 2014: Reflective learning video and facilitator aids ready

 Jun – Aug 2014: 1 Pilot in each region with contractors (7 in total)

 Jun – Aug 2014: Engage maritime focal points to prepare for roll out in Q4 2014

 Sep 2014: Review feedback from Pilot test and prepare for roll out to contractors

 Q4 2014: Roll out Reflective learning

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