Critical Dialogic Reflection John Keenan j keenanworc ac

Critical Dialogic Reflection John Keenan j. keenan@worc. ac. uk

WHY WE NEED TO LEARN TO REFLECT 1. We don’t know ourselves fully 2. We see only part of the picture 3. We blame ourselves for events out of our control

What is in reflection?

1. We don’t know ourselves fully Draw a square, a circle, a triangle and a snake anywhere on this page

1. We don’t know ourselves fully 1. Beach 2. Sea 3. What you wore 4. Right 5. Left 6. Box 7. Cup 8. Darkness

1. We don’t know ourselves fully ask blind tell open hidden unknown Johari Window

2. We only see part of the picture 2 Gorillas Not

3. We blame ourselves for things out of our control The Choosing We were first equal Mary and I with the same coloured ribbons in mouse-coloured hair, and with equal shyness we curtseyed to the lady councillor for copies of Collins’s Children Classics. First equal, equally proud. Best friends too Mary and I a common bond in being cleverest(equal) in our small school’s small class. I remember the competition for top desk or to read aloud the lesson at school service. And my terrible fear of her superiority at sums. I remember the housing scheme Where we both stayed. The same house, different homes, where the choices were made. I don’t know exactly why they moved, but anyway they went. Something about a three-apartment and a cheaper rent. But from the top deck of the high school bus I’d glimpse among the others on the corner Mary’s father, mufflered, contrasting strangely with the elegant greyhounds by his side. He didn’t believe in high school education, especially for girls, or in forking out for uniforms. Ten years later on a Saturday. I am coming home from the librarysitting near me on the bus, Mary with a husband who is tall, curly haired, has eyes for no one else but Mary. Her arms are round the full-shaped vase that is her body. Oh, you can see where the attraction lies in Mary’s lifenot that I envy her, really. And I am coming from the library with my arms full of books. I think of the prizes that were ours for the taking and wonder when the choices got made we don’t remember making. Liz Lochhead

What is reflection? Theory Behind Reflection • John Dewey – the legitimacy of ‘I’ • Jurgen Habermas – interpretation, acting • David Kolb – experiential learning Reflection Theorists • Jenny Moon • Hatton and Smith

What is reflection? Descriptive writing Descriptive reflection Dialogic reflection Critical dialogic reflection

2. Grading reflection 1. Descriptive writing: what happened 2, Descriptive Reflection: consideration of what happened 3. Dialogic Reflection: self and role, qualities of judgements, alternative explanations of events. Is analytical, integrative, links factors and perspectives Deliberative, cognitive, narrative, weighing competing claims and viewpoints, and then exploring alternative solutions 4. Critical Reflection dialogic plus contextual awareness social reconstructionist, Hatton and Smith 1995

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Why is reflection necessary? What is in critical dialogic reflection?

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