Defining Reflection
Defining Reflection
The word reflection covers a wide range of activities. Dewey, Schon, Brookfield, and others use the term in overlapping but distinct ways. This chapter sorts out the working definitions, the main types, the honest critiques of the field, the difference between informal and formal reflection, and the layers a professional actually reflects on.
Dewey’s questioning approach, Schon’s reflection in and on action, and the continuous-cycle framing of Brookfield and Thiel
Hatton and Smith’s split between dialogic reflection (self-discourse) and critical reflection (broader cultural and political framing)
Cultural risks, mechanical reflection, ethical concerns, developmental readiness, forced reflection, and conceptual confusion
What each kind looks like, where each falls short, and how the four parameters of formal models structure deeper thinking
Five layers: philosophy, values and beliefs, practice, practices taken for granted, and the teacher’s own self
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