Reflective practice for library & information work Andrew Preater @preater Maisoon Al-Jawad @maisoonie Workshop for CPD25 Aspects 14.00-16.00, Thursday 24 November 2016
Reflective practice for library & information workAndrew Preater @preaterMaisoon Al-Jawad @maisoonie
Workshop for CPD25 Aspects14.00-16.00, Thursday 24 November 2016
14.00 – 14.30 Introduction to reflective practice14.30 – 14.40 Exercise: 6 minutes' write14.40 – 15.00 Break15.00 – 15.15 Exercise: reflective writing15.15 – 15.45 Exercise: interviewing to find
perspective15.45 – 16.00 Wrap-up and closing thoughts
‘Reflection house’ by Andrew Preater, license CC-BY-SA 4.0 International.
“[T]he development of insight and practice through critical attention to practical values, theories, principles, assumptions and the relationship between theory and practice which inform everyday actions”
Bolton (2014) p. xxiii
Single-loop and double-loop learning
Argyris and Schön (1974) pp.18-19
O’Brien, E. (2016) ‘Reflective practice as a useful everyday tool’, Elly O’Brien, November 2. Available at: https://ellyob.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/reflective-practice-as-a-useful-everyday-tool/
Smith, E. (2011) ‘Teaching critical reflection’, Teaching in Higher Education, 16 (2), pp.211-223 [Online]. doi:10.1080/13562517.2010.515022
Personal
Interpersonal
Contextual
Critical
Interactions with others
Concepts, theory, & methods
Political & social contexts
Thinking
(about self / society)
Learning
(knowledge & processes)
Assessing
(value / affect)
“[T]heory emerges from the concrete, from my efforts to make sense of everyday life experiences, from my efforts to intervene critically in my life and the lives of others…”
hooks (1994) p.70
“I don't have the time” / not the best use of my timeExposure to riskIntrospective / self-absorbedNo-one else does it / it is not valuedLacking power to affect change
Exercise: Six Minutes’ Write
“The leader of the troop unlocked his word hoard”‑
Heaney, S. (1999) Beowulf: London: Faber
Suggested method:
1. Write as descriptively as you can, including detail2. Give it a title, as if it were a book or film3. At this stage, don't be critical or ask “Why?”
“Method Man”
‘Method Man @ Sound Academy’ by Flickr user The Come Up Show, CC-BY-SA-NC https://flic.kr/p/9vpeYF
Suggested method:
1. In pairs, interview each other. The interviewer is to help get to the root causes – to ask “Why?”
2. You can use questions from the handout to prompt this.
References / bibliographyArgyris, C. and Schön, D.A. (1974) Theory in practice: increasing professional effectiveness. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-BassBolton, G. (2014) Reflective practice: writing and professional development. 4th edn. London: SageBrookfield, S.D. (1995) Becoming a critically reflective teacher. San Francisco, CA: Jossey‑BassGardner, F. (2014) Being critically reflective: engaging in holistic practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacmillanHeaney, S. (1999) Beowulf. London: Faberhooks, b. (1994) Teaching to transgress: education as the practice of freedom. New York, NY: RoutledgeO’Brien, E. (2016) ‘Reflective practice as a useful everyday tool’, Elly O’Brien, November 2. Available at: https://ellyob.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/reflective-practice-as-a-useful-everyday-tool/Smith, E. (2011) ‘Teaching critical reflection’, Teaching in Higher Education, 16 (2), pp.211‑223 [Online]. doi:10.1080/13562517.2010.515022