Shelley Tracey6th September 2010

Exploring Models of Reflective Practice

Outline of session1. Models of reflective practice2. Queen’s University model3. Sharing models of reflective practice

4. Exploring reflective practice using creative approaches

5. Developing a European model for reflective practice

6. Looking ahead to the rest of the seminar

Models of reflective practice 1. Donald Schön: the reflective practitioner

Reflection in action - during practice

Reflection on action – after practice

Learning cycle (Kolb)

http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/ldu/sddu_multimedia/kolb/kolb_flash.htm

Stephen Brookfield: 4 lenses through which to reflect on our

practice

Our autobiographies

as teachers and learners

Our students’ eyes

Our colleagues’ experiences

Theoretical literature context

Stephen Brookfield

“Reflective teachers .... investigate the hidden dimensions of their practice and become aware of the

omnipresence of power.”

Teacher Education: Reflection

• ““the development of more complex models of reflection, related to purpose, which take greater cognisance of existing knowledge from other disciplines, particularly those aspects of psychology concerned with cognitive processes including problem-finding, insight, wisdom, creativity”

• Leitch and Day (2000: 186-187)Leitch and Day (2000: 186-187)

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Modes of reflection:Modes of reflection:

Individual and collective

verbal and non-verbal

process and product

"It is not the answers that show us the way, but the questions."

Rainer Maria Rilke

Images of reflection

Processes of reflection Processes of reflection

• ThinkingThinking

• DiscussionDiscussion

• Critical reflectionCritical reflection

• WritingWriting

• DrawingDrawing

• ImaginingImagining

• MeditatingMeditating

• DreamingDreaming

• VisualisingVisualising

REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES MODEL

1. inclusive of peers, learners, different approaches

2. engaging learners3. understanding and enhancing

motivations for learning 4. collaborative model; combination

of individual and group learning processes, peer learning

REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES MODEL

5. uses a range of methodologies, incorporating creative methods

6. recognises that learning requires opportunities to question, explore, play, challenge, synthesise ideas

7. incorporates reflection on the learning process (tutors and learners; individual and collective)

Sharing models of reflective practice

Creative approaches to reflectionCreate opportunities for teachers to reflect

and self-direct (Leitch, 2008, p. 150)

Enable teachers to draw on their skills and strengths

Incorporate different types of learners and learning styles

Literacy Travellers’ Tree (2007)

Using creative approaches for reflection

Acrostic poem

Multiliteracies

Explore models of reflective practice, using creative methods

5. Developing a European model for reflective practice

6. Looking ahead to the rest of the seminar