Reflection

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Marco SnoekHvA

Students

Have you done your portfolio?

Now I even have to reflect on my

reflections!

I get sick of all those reflections

Reflection? What does he want to know this time?

Why do we always have to reflect?

Teacher educators

What do you think yourself?

Why do you ask this question?!

Ach, Carla, she does not reflect at all. It is such a difficult girl. Ah, you know how she is. I did ask

reflection questions, but she always has her respons ready. She just hasn’t the right intellectual level. And anyway, there is much too less time in the curriculum

to reflect.

The reflective practionner: what is the effect of reflection?

Angle of incidence = angle of reflection

Refraction

Does reflection lead to a clear image?

… or to blurred images? …

… or does it show something that is not there?

Does it give a warm feeling? …

… or does it helps to remove wrinkles?

Reflection• Is not self-evident• Does not work for everybody• Is not always safe• Leads to isolation• Is static• Is inward oriented• Lacks good role

models

Reflection does not work for all students

• “It appears that girls reflect on a higher level on what they have learned than boys. Most boys only apply the text on themselves and not on others or the world around them.“

• “In general, the boys in our research reflect on a lower.”

The role of reflection in identity development

and the development or reading attitude by adolescents Walter Schlundt Bodien en Fransje Nelck-da Silva

Rosa

Not for all:

• “But also the content of the curriculum doesn’t appeal to boys. The level of the course does not challenge them and they criticize the large emphasis on reflection.”

• “On the other hand is seems that boys are not attracted to reflection. And that aspect gets very much attention in the new didactics.”

The search for PTEboys, SBO

Is reflection the cause for the feminisation of the teaching

profession?

Reflection in masculine professions??

• “Debriefing is originally a military activity, following a military operation. In a groupsession the military unit looks back on the operation and formulates lessons to be learned for next operations. These lessons are included in the briefing that preceeds the next operation. In that way a ‘learning organisation’ is created. “

www.gevolgenvanoorlog.nl (consequencesofwar)• “An essential part of the course is a good debriefing. Once back on

the ground, all actions are evaluated throughly and advices are formulated for next sessions. Of course this is a serious part of the course, but often it is combined with a social activity. Often the debriefing ends at a more social place than the flying school. ”

Helicopter Flyingschool Lelystad

A matter of learning style?

Is systematic reflection self-evident for all? Learning styles of student teachers

• Inactive – survival oriented• Closed reproductive• Open reproductive• Meaning oriented – external

steering• Meaning oriented – internal

steeringIda Oosterheert

Reflection and safety?

Trust Control

• Portfolio for control and assessment or for development?

• Fixed formats or freedom for the student

Reflection is an individual process?

Individual reflection

Team reflection• Group PDP?• Teamportfolio?• Mutual assessments

(peerassessment)?

Strengthening the isolation?

Reflection is a static process?

• Reflection is static• There is no anticipation• Reflect about history or proflect

toward the future • Reflection in action,

reflection on action, reflection before action

• From reflection to proflection

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Reflection is inward oriented?

• Much reflection is focussed on things a teacher encounters here and now.

• What happens in society? What are the consequences for the school/the teacher?

• Outward oriented reflection: future scenarios

Out-of-the-box thinking

Individual centralF

ormal

learning

Informal

learning

Community centraal

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THE SKY ISTHE LIMIT

INDIVIDUALEDUCASTING

Future scenarios:• Alternative, possible futures• Disconnected from the here and now

The lack of good role models?

• Do you reflect explicitly and systematically yourself?

• Do you reflect together with your colleagues?

• Do you make your reflection excplicit to your students?

• Do you give feedback on the quality of reflection?

Are we credible to our students?

IndicatorsGood reflection• Takes different learning styles into account• Starts with safety and trust• Rises above the individual level• Is focussed on the future and on change• Looks at the world outside • Has good role models