Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

Building on the insights of his highly accalimed earlier work, The Skillful Teacher, Stephen D. Brookfield offers a very personal and accessible guide to how faculty at any level and across all disciplines can improve their teaching abilities. Applying the principles of adult learning, Brookfield thoughtfully guides teachers through the processes of becoming critically reflective about teaching, confronting the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms and using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development. Using numerous examples, Brookfield describes what critical reflection is and why it is so important.

Spis treści:
What It Means to Be a Critically Reflective Teacher.
Becoming Critically Reflective: A Process of Learning and Change.
Learning to Know Ourselves: The Value of Autobiography.
Surprised by the Familiar: What Autobiographies Reveal.
Seeing Ourselves Through Our Students′ Eyes.
Understanding Classroom Dynamics: The Critical Incident Questionnaire.
Holding Critical Conversations About Teaching.
Solving Problems Collaboratively: The Good Practices Audit.
Storming the Citadel: Reading Theory Critically.
Using the Literature of Critical Reflection.
Negotiating the Risks of Critical Reflection.
Creating a Culture of Reflection.

Nota biograficzna:
STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is Distinguished Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He has written widely on the topics of adult education, critical thinking, and teaching and has received numerous awards for his books, including the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education and the Imogene E. Okes Award for Outstanding Research in Adult Education.

Okładka tylna:
Building on the insights of his highly accalimed earlier work, The Skillful Teacher, Stephen D. Brookfield offers a very personal and accessible guide to how faculty at any leve l and across all disciplines can improve their teaching abilities. Applying the principles of adult learning, Brookfield thoughtfully guides teachers through the processes of becoming critically reflective about teaching, confronting the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms and using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development. Using numerous examples, Brookfield describes what critical reflection is and why it is so important.