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Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and

Governance

REFLECTIVE PRACTICE

Department of Education

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Training/Development• Question Posed: Does training change practice

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• What interventions are necessary for change and transformation?

• What methodologies are necessary for change transformation?

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Methodology

Methodology

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Transforming PracticeTheoretical Framework: • Sparks and Phillips 1997 and Lawrence and

Tatum 1998 Noel typology on identity development is used as a broad framework to engage participants to reevaluate their perceptions, attitudes, and values.

• Typology is a chronological progression or stages of experiences.

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Transforming PracticeSparks & Phillips 1997

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Transforming PracticeNoel Lawrence and Tatum

• Unexamined identity

• Search for identity

• Construction of identity

• Clarified identity

• Expanded sense

• Use of clarified identity

• Contact

• Disintegration

• Reintegration

• Pseudo-independence

• Immersion/emersion

• Autonomy

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ReflectionCommon practice in Leadership

development.

• Consequences.• What meaning does it have for management.• What impact did this have on you personally. • Not just statements and diary of events.

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REFLECTION

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Double Loop Thinking

IMPLEMENT

Action Strategies

DESIGNAction

Strategies

ASSESSPossible

Corrections

OBSERVEOutcome

DEFINEIntendedOutcome

Double Loop Thinking

ASSESSValue of Intended Outcome

and Assumptions behind Action Strategies

DESIGNNew Values

and Assumptions

Single Loop

Double Loop

IMPLEMENTAction

Strategies

DESIGNAction

Strategies

ASSESSPossible

Corrections

OBSERVEOutcome

DEFINEIntendedOutcome

ASSESSValue of Intended Outcome

and Assumptions behind Action Strategies

DESIGNNew Values

and Assumptions

Single Loop

Double Loop

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Areas for Reflection

Principles of Gender Theory ACE• Language and Power: Memory work,

media, articles.• Strategic planning: Global, local, • Mainstreaming.• Seeing objectively.• Visualizing change.• Reflective journal

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Areas for Reflection

• Reflection is used in all assessments.• Looking through a lens.• Gradual process and participants begin to

‘see’ their fixed ideas changing.• Surprised by their own insights.• Looking back and looking Forward.• Challenge is to use the reflections for

improvement from Personal to institutional. Expanded identity-Activism.

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PHOTOGRAPH

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Processes for Transformation

• Professional Identity• Safe schools• Who has power-Glass Precipice and Glass

Ceiling Playing the system and modern racism

• Telling the story• Strategies to shatter the barriers• Leading for change.

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Questions

• How has this shaped you as a professional?• What was the driving force?• What other interpretations do you have

now?• What reading materials were relevant and

why?• What beliefs and values underpin the story?• What additional tools are you using to investigate?

Reflection• How does your viewpoints

compare with others?• Implications of your analyses:

What do you want to do now? Do you change the way you do things.

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EXTRACTS FROM JOURNALS• “ This gender course has empowered

me with various skills, tools and knowledge of how I can break through the glass ceiling or shatter the glass precipice in this male dominated world.

• I realized that in most cases women are unable to exercise their constitutional rights or not afforded an opportunity to unfold their potentials and capabilities”.

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• “Being a woman does not make me feel less efficient in my job. I no longer feel or have the desire to constantly show. I am capable of achieving success. I know I can I know my potential.

• I am a person a woman, a human being with rights, responsibilities and respect…..This aspect uplifted my self esteem and confidence and made me recognize that I am capable of demonstrating applied competence in Leadership and in Educational management as a woman”.

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EXTRACTS FROM JOURNALS• “I’ve been motivated and encouraged

tremendously by this course to maximize my full potential and to overcome the stereotyping of society.

• It boosted my self esteem and I definitely experienced a paradigm shift.

• I am more empowered, confident and aware of my ability to lead and manage effectively. I know for sure that as a woman, I will always face challenges but I can choose how to handle it.

• I am informed about gender issues. I have been conscientised about gender”.

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Conclusion “Never doubt that a small group of

concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has”.

Margaret Mead.