Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

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Chapter 4 continues the discussion of the autobiographies and describes a number of practical approaches for doing autobiographical reflection. 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).

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.The second edition that is being reviewed here saw the light of day in 2017, more than two decades after the first. Filled with practical tools and expert insight, this volume helps facilitate a journey of constructive self-critique. What I love about this simple, anonymous survey is that it provides clear insight into how students experience my teaching.

The CIQ has surprised me on numerous occasions in which I thought I was "bombing" a teaching session.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. 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. 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. Educators with the courage to challenge their own assumptions in an effort to improve learning are the invaluable role models our students need. 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.

Brookfield demonstrates a kind of transparently rarely conveyed in our sharing about becoming more effective in our teaching. 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. Chapter 10 looks at the particular contributions that the literature of critical reflection can make to the reflective effort.

Most appealing is Brookfield's openness to how the various techniques may be individually tailored by educators to fit unique situations. 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. 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.

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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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. Assumptions guide practice and only when we base our actions on accurate assumptions will we achieve the results we want.Chapter 5 describes how to use learning journals, and other techniques to see through students' eyes. It earned rave reviews after its initial publication, and several friends recommended it highly to me years ago.