BECOMING A CRITICALLY REFLECTIVE TEACHER Hunting Assumptions Stephen

BECOMING A CRITICALLY REFLECTIVE TEACHER Hunting Assumptions Stephen Brookfield

ASSUMPTIONS Paradigmatic - structuring, framing, taken as reality n Prescriptive - how we and others should behave n Causal - if we do this then that will happen POWER (ours & others) HEGEMONY (killing us softly) n

ASSUMPTIONS OF TEACHING Good Practice = Whatever Helps Students Learn l Best Teaching is Critically Reflective l Most Important Knowledge Teachers Need to Do Good Work : How Students Experience Learning & Teaching l

AN ADULT APPROACH TO TEACHING û RESPECT û RESEARCH û RESPONSIVENESS

EXPERIENCING LEARNING u. IMPOSTORSHIP u. CULTURAL SUICIDE u. LOST INNOCENCE u. INCREMENTAL FLUCTUATION u. COMMUNITY

FOUR LENSES ON PRACTICE AUTOBIOGRAPHY STUDENTS’ EYES COLLEAGUES’ PERCEPTIONS THEORY

WHAT ADULTS APPRECIATE CREDIBILITY £Expertise £Experience £Rationale £Conviction

WHAT ADULTS APPRECIATE AUTHENTICITY £Congruence £Full Disclosure £Responsiveness £Personhood £Error (Suitably Timed)

CRITICAL INCIDENT QUESTIONNAIRE (C. I. Q. ) n. Most Engaged Moment n. Most Distancing Moment n. Most Helpful Action n. Most Puzzling Action n. What Surprised You

WHY C. I. Q. ’s ? n Problems Warned n Grounds Actions n Student Reflectivity n Builds Trust n Diverse Methods n Critical Thinking

MODELING CRITICAL REFLECTION Talking Out Loud Critical Incident Questionnaire Journaling Assumption analysis Speaking in Tongues Structured Devil’s Advocacy

GUIDELINES • • • Modeling Building the Case Peers as Reflective Mirrors Focus on Specific Experiences An Incremental Movement Closer to the Direct Examination of Personal Experience

Exercises Scenario Analysis Crisis Decision Simulations Heroes/Heroines & Villains/Villainesses Critical Conversation Protocol (Storyteller, Detectives, Umpire) Good Practices Audit

www. stephenbrookfield. com Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 1995) The Power of Critical Theory: Liberating Adult Learning and Teaching (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2005)