Foundational Thinkers
Foundational Thinkers in Reflection
The shapes most teachers use to reflect did not appear from nowhere. A small group of thinkers, working across philosophy, education, and management, gave the field its core models. Reading these thinkers in order helps to see what each one added and where the limits of each one show up.
Routine action vs reflective action, reflection as rationality, and the five-stage problem-solving model
Reflection in and on action, the limits of technical rationality, and tacit knowledge in real classrooms
Experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualisation, active experimentation
Plan, do, review: the simplest cycle that still produces real learning
A long list of habits and procedures that mark a reflective practitioner
Describe, analyse, theorise, act: the DATA model for moving from incident to new practice
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