Reflection Process
The Reflection Process
This chapter moves from defining reflection to describing how the process actually runs. The assumptions behind the work, the structures that produce best practice, the cycle that organises a single reflective episode, and reflexivity (which keeps reflection honest) all sit here. The chapter ends with a clear-eyed view of what reflection produces when it works.
Three working assumptions about reflection, action, and dialogue, plus Brookfield’s four lenses for surfacing what teachers take for granted
What best practice and worst practice look like, and the conditions (tools, collaboration, time, sustained programmes) that support real change
The five-stage cycle (collect, question, plan, act, review) and Van Manen’s three levels of depth: technical, practical, and critical
Reflexivity as personal reflection plus social critique, three types, and a working list of critical questions for everyday practice
What reflection produces: sense-making, seeing differently, and a commitment to action; reflective practice as a holistic, collaborative approach
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