DOI: 10.1057/9781137399595.0001 The Reflective Practitioner in Professional Education
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The Reflective Practitioner in Professional Education Linda Lawrence-Wilkes Leeds City College, UK and Lyn Ashmore University of Huddersfield, UK DOI: 10.1057/9781137399595.0001
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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations viii ix x 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Overview 2 1.2 Purpose 3 1.3 Structure 4 2 Problematising the Reflective Practice Paradigm 6 2.1 The reflective practice debate 7 2.2 Reflection in learning and development 10 2.3 Summary 12 3 Reflective Practitioner 13 3.1 Introduction 14 3.2 Methodology 15 3.3 Thematic analysis 17 3.4 Findings 25 3.5 Conclusion 27 4 Roots of Criticality in Education 28 4.1 Critical thinking 29 4.2 Subjective approach to critical thinking 30 4.3 Truth and morality 32 vi DOI: 10.1057/9781137399595.0001
Contents vii 4.4 Objective approach to critical thinking 35 4.5 Reflective rationalism 37 4.6 Reflecting the truth 39 4.7 Models of reflection: the paradox 41 4.8 A reconciled approach 42 4.9 Summary 44 5 Reflective Practice: Critical or Mechanical 45 5.1 The space between theory and practice 46 5.2 Critical reflection for applied learning 48 5.3 A critical curriculum 51 5.4 Limitations 54 5.5 Summary 55 6 A Critical Framework 56 6.1 Curriculum framework 57 6.2 Levels of reflective thinking 58 6.3 Scope for reflective practice 60 6.4 Summary 65 References 68 Index 80 DOI: 10.1057/9781137399595.0001
List of Illustrations Figures 3.1 Survey question 6 22 3.2 Survey question 7 23 3.3 Survey question 8 24 3.4 Survey question 9 25 4.1 Reflective practice paradox 43 6.1 Reflective rationalism model 64 Tables 3.1 Range of teaching related qualifications 15 3.2 Theme A survey questions 18 3.3 Survey question 3 data extracts 18 3.4 Survey question 10 data extracts 20 3.5 Survey question 11 data extracts 21 6.1 Practitioner development 67 viii DOI: 10.1057/9781137399595.0002
Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Higher and Further Education partnership institutions in the Yorkshire and Humberside region for their support. Heartfelt thanks to all the practitioners and colleagues who have collaborated in the empirical study. Personal thanks go to Naseem Aqeel, Calvin Wilkes, Jeanne Garnham and Hugh Thornton for their valuable support. The involvement from all those who supported the research has contributed to the ideas and proposals presented in this book. DOI: 10.1057/9781137399595.0003 ix
List of Abbreviations CPD HE FdA FE FHEQ IfL IQ ITT PTLLS QAA RIA ROA TA TDA Continuing Professional Development Higher Education Foundation Degree Award Further Education Framework for HE Qualifications Institute for Learning Intelligence Quotient Initial Teacher Training Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Quality Assurance Agency Reflection-In-Action Reflection-On-Action Teaching Agency Training and Development Agency x DOI: 10.1057/9781137399595.0004