Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

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Chapter 6 outlines the critical incident questionnaire and gives a case study illustration of its use. Critical reflection can also aid in understanding and managing classroom power dynamics, modeling critical thinking for students, as well as working with the complexities of diverse classrooms. The second edition that is being reviewed here saw the light of day in 2017, more than two decades after the first. Targeting faculty at all levels and across disciplines, this personal guide explores how practicing critical reflection can help align faculty with desired student outcomes, to view their practice from new perspectives, and engage learners by using varied teaching formats.

It earned rave reviews after its initial publication, and several friends recommended it highly to me years ago. Filled with practical tools and expert insight, this volume helps facilitate a journey of constructive self-critique. Chapter 10 looks at the particular contributions that the literature of critical reflection can make to the reflective effort. What I love about this simple, anonymous survey is that it provides clear insight into how students experience my teaching.

At the very point that I thought I was failing, numerous students gave feedback that suggested the opposite.

Having someone who conveys such similar challenges as my own was quite helpful, both in terms of knowing that my concerns are common, but also by providing practical ways to reflect in different ways and take actions to develop my teaching even further. In addition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded to align with today's classrooms, whether online or face-to-face, in large lecture formats or small groups. Most appealing is Brookfield's openness to how the various techniques may be individually tailored by educators to fit unique situations. Filled with illustrative examples from a wide variety of classroom settings, the volume explores in detail what critical reflection is and why it is so vital for becoming a skillful teacher.The CIQ has surprised me on numerous occasions in which I thought I was "bombing" a teaching session.

Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching, including The Skillful Teacher(2015), Teaching for Critical Thinking(2011), and The Discussion Book(with Stephen Preskill) (2016), all from Jossey-Bass. Educators with the courage to challenge their own assumptions in an effort to improve learning are the invaluable role models our students need.Stephen Brookfield―the award-wining educator and bestselling author―explains how to confront the ­contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms by using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development. I have seen Stephen Brookfield in conferences and he is a brave educator, open to tackle some of the issues most of us would rather not. Brookfield demonstrates a kind of transparently rarely conveyed in our sharing about becoming more effective in our teaching. Stephen Brookfield—the award-wining educator and bestselling author—explains how to confront the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms by using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development.

All chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect today’s classroom formats, whether online or face-to-face, or in large ­lectures or small groups. Despite the continuity of the core thesis in the second edition, Brookfield has done something rather unusual for a new edition in completely rewriting “the whole book from the opening sentence to the last” (ix). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In his own personal voice Stephen Brookfield draws from over 45 years of experience to illustrate the clear benefits of critical reflection. Chapter 3 establishes the importance for critical reflection of teachers analyzing their own autobiographies as learners.All chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect today's classroom formats, whether online or face-to-face, or in large lectures or small groups.