Reflective Essay On Group Presentation

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I will reflect upon my experience of delivering a group presentation and examine the knowledge I have gained from preparing the presentation and the feedback received once the presentation was delivered.

I struggled with the presentation from the day it was issued, not the academic side but the aspect of standing up and presenting it in front of the class. I tend to build these scenarios up so much in my head that I make myself more anxious. This is something I have always struggled with, upon reflection I think it is due to feeling as though I am being judged and not using my usual defence mechanism of humour to be able to hide how uncomfortable I am in the current situation. (Hough, 2014) I like using humour, and it helps me to deal with certain situations, I feel an academic presentation stops me from using that as I feel I need to present a different side to myself which I am not confident in showing due to feeling vulnerable with my academic ability.

I was relieved once it was over however, I was disappointed and extremely frustrated, I felt my lack of presentation skills do not show the time and effort I …show more content…

I do not like to rely on others and essentially that is what comes from working in a group. There was one person within the group who did not contribute as much as the rest seemed to and at times it did annoy me and resulted in me feeling a justification for my dislike of group work. Although, on the day of the presentation it did all come together and I felt that the previous issues did not show and the end product showed the work we had put in to the presentation. In group work I would say I sit back and observe I am happy for someone to tell me which section of work I need to complete for the presentation. I would say the reason I am okay with this is due to knowing that no matter what section I am asked to do I will still put the same amount of time and effort into

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