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ED387073 HE028658
Title: Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.
Author(s): Brookfield, Stephen D.
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0-7879-0131-8
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 350 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94104 ($30.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--Non-classroom (055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; California
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB1996
Target Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
This book
is a practical guide for teachers at the postsecondary level to
improve their teaching by utilizing the principles of adult learning
and becoming critically reflective teachers. Chapter 1 lays out
the concept of reflection in general terms and then focuses on explaining
what is distinctive about critical reflection. Chapter 2 explains
the process of critical reflection in detail. Chapter 3 establishes
the importance for critical reflection of teachers analyzing their
own autobiographies as learners. Chapter 4 continues the discussion
of the autobiographies and describes a number of practical approaches
for doing autobiographical reflection. Chapter 5 describes
how to use learning journals, and other techniques to see through
students' eyes. Chapter 6 outlines the critical incident questionnaire
and gives a case study illustration of its use. Chapter 7 discusses
the role of critical conversations with colleagues to improve teaching.
Chapter 8 describes a good practices audit. Chapter 9 looks at how
the literature of educational research, theory, and philosophy can
be used as an aid to, rather than inhibitor of, critical reflection.
Chapter 10 looks at the particular contributions that the literature
of critical reflection can make to the reflective effort. Chapter
11 identifies risks associated with critical reflection. Chapter
12 looks at
how a culture that supports critically reflective teaching can be
created. (Contains over 250 references.) (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Learning; Autobiographies; Classroom Environment;
College Faculty; College Instruction; Critical Incidents Method;
Critical Thinking; Educational Research; Educational Theories; Higher
Education; *Reflective Teaching; *Self Evaluation (Individuals);
Student Attitudes; *Teacher Improvement; Teacher Student Relationship;
Teaching Experience
Identifiers: *Critical Pedagogy
