Brookfield, a leading adult educator, has written by far the most compelling, informed perceptive, and sensible book available on how faculty in higher education may develop themselves as educators and foster transformative learning by their students through the use of critical reflection, he gently demystifies critically reflective learning and teaching with dozens of practical examples from. To adopt brookfields four critical lenses in your reflective. Brookfield s lenses brookfield 2005 suggests two distinct purposes for reflection within teaching and learning. Four lenses through which educators can view their practice critically are outlined and the critical incident questionnaire is described. As one goes about the process of teaching there is need to sit down after every session and take stock of the proceedings with a view to identifying what went well and what might need further improvement four lenses that teachers could use to critically reflect on their practice are discussed in this article. To put this into perspective, the four lenses that brookfield discusses have already expanded my own knowledge in relation to critical reflection. Parker palmer best practices for using critical reflection to improve your teaching. Brookfield since beginning his teaching career in 1970, stephen has worked in england, canada, and the united states, teaching in a variety of adult, community, organizational and higher education settings. Becoming a critically reflective teacher josseybass higher. To adopt brookfields four critical lenses in your reflective practice. Becoming a critically reflective teacher is the landmark guide to critical reflection, providing expert insight and practical tools to facilitate a journey of constructive selfcritique. At the core of brookfields pedagogical approach are a set of. Brookfield s final lens is that of theoretical literature.
Isbn 0803606060 the questions that follow each of the following four major critical thinking processes will. Stephen brookfield shows how you can uncover and assess your assumptions about practice by viewing them through the lens of your. Reflective model according to brookfield nicole brown. Using the lenses of critically reflective teaching in the community college classroom. Critically reflective practice brookfield 1998 journal. Utilising scholarly literature in our teaching and critical reflection helps to support our thinking and wonderings. Brookfield s lenses, or perspectives, offers tools and practices to support effective teaching. Dec 22, 2014 in preparation for this blog i am unable to find any critical sources for brookfields model and shall rely on brookfields own selfcritique and my own observations. Stephen brookfield shows how you can uncover and assess your assumptions about practice by viewing them through the lens of your students eyes, your. Brookfield 2005 suggests that the scholarly literature in relation to teaching and learning can make an effective substitute for a critical friend. Author stephen brookfield on critical thinking youtube. Continuing health education, critical practice, critical reflection.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Apr 18, 2005 this article explains the constituent elements of critical reflection and provides an example of how a critically reflective approach can be taken toward continuous, formative evaluation. Critically reflective practice stephen brookfield journal of. Pdf becoming a critically reflective teacher download full.
Stephen brookfields four critical thinking processes. Becoming a critically reflective teacher stephen brookfield. Reflective practice the ideas of stephen brookfield ucd. Stephen brookfield shows how you can uncover and assess your assumptions about practice by viewing them through the lens of your students eyes, your colleagues perceptions, relevant theory and research, and your own personal experience.
The semiotic literary lens grew out of the structuralist literary lens, which was influenced by structuralism. Brookfield takes a fresh look at the application of critical reflection to teaching. Applying the principles of adult learning, brookfield thoughtfully guides teachers through the. In becoming a critically reflective teacher, brookfield provides a clear framework for critical reflection including seeing your practice through four lenses. I will not go through these sequentially, nor will i address all of them. Once you have experienced a situation, which you need to learn from, you need to take a step back and consider this situation through what brookfield calls lenses. Yet few books offer specific suggestions and advice on how to introduce race to. The fourth and final lens refers to the place of the scholarly literature as a reliable mirror to hold up against our every day teaching practices.
Firstly to reach a better understanding of how power underpins and distorts educational processes and secondly to question assumptions and practices that appear to make our lives look easier on the surface but in the longterm. Applying critical reflection to teaching race and racism. Stephen brookfield a practical guide to the essential practice that builds better teachers. Here, though, i will focus on the books premise and method of critical reflection. Stephen brookfield born 1949 in liverpool, england is a scholar in adult education who has held positions at the university of british columbia, teachers college columbia university new york, harvard university and the university of st. Stephen brookfield s famous book becoming a critically reflected teacher was first published in 1995. The critically reflective habit is proposed as a survival necessity for continuing health educators. Brookfields four lens model of critical reflection.
Qualitative data were analysed using strauss grounded theory and brookfields lenses of critical. In researching these assumptions, teachers have four complementary lenses through which they can view their practice. Brookfield, a leading adult educator, has written by far the most compelling, informed perceptive, and sensible book available on how faculty in higher education may develop themselves as educators and foster transformative learning by their students through the use of critical reflection, he gently demystifies critically reflective learning. Ben miller, writing about stephen brookfield, said that for brookfield, the goal of the critically reflective teacher is to garner an increased awareness of his or her teaching from as many different vantage points as possible miller 2010. Becoming a critically reflective teacher book, 1995. Becoming a critically reflective teacher book, 2017. Referring to brookfields book, theoretical research is essential for a teacher. In his own personal voice stephen brookfield draws from over 45 years of. The critically reflected teacher identifies and scrutinises her assumptions that shape her practice by using the four lenses of critical reflection. Becoming a critically reflective teacher stephen d.
Brookfield appears to recognise in part how his fourlens model for critical reflection may be seen as slightly simplistic and perhaps misleading. To this end, brookfield proposes four lenses that can be engaged by teachers in a process of critical reflection. A practical guide to the essential practice that builds better teachers. Using numerous examples, brookfield describes what critical reflection is and why it is so important. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Stephen brookfield building on the insights of his highly acclaimed earlier work, the skillful teacher, stephen d. Becoming a critically reflective teacher edition 1 by.
Viewing classroom practice through these four lenses helps teachers make more informed judgments and take more informed actions. Brookfield refers to the third lens as our colleagues experiences enabling teachers to gain a new perspective to their practice by inviting colleagues to become critical friends who watch their practice and engage in critical dialogue. Critique of brookfields four lens model of critical reflection. Becoming a critically reflective teacher 97807879018 by brookfield, stephen d. Stephen brookfields four critical thinking processes from. After describing the importance of this kind of reflection, brookfield begins by exploring myths we can subscribe to that will hinder our ability to be a critically reflective teacher. The revised second edition of the landmark book, becoming a critically. Brookfield offers a very personal and accessible guide to how faculty at any level and across all. Brookfield is distinguished professor at the university of st. Brookfields final lens is that of theoretical literature.
Developing critical thinkers mankato state university. Stephen brookfield, becoming a critically reflective. Feb 12, 20 author stephen brookfield on critical thinking. This is where we focus on our experiences as a teacher in order to reveal aspects of our pedagogy that may need adjustment or strengthening. Jan 18, 2017 stephen brookfield shows how you can uncover and assess your assumptions about practice by viewing them through the lens of your students eyes, your colleagues perceptions, relevant theory and research, and your own personal experience. Apr 07, 2017 buy becoming a critically reflective teacher 2nd by brookfield, stephen d. Dec 30, 2019 between editions, brookfields core thesis remains largely unchanged. Houle world award for literature in adult education and the imogene e.
Critically reflective practice stephen brookfield journal. 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. Aug 28, 2015 the basis for this reflective model is the consideration of a situation from different vantage points. Buy becoming a critically reflective teacher 2nd by brookfield, stephen d. Brookfield 1995 suggests we can look at a situation from our own viewpoint, from our colleagues viewpoints, from those of students, and also from perspectives derived from theoretical literature. Teaching in a critically reflective way involves teachers trying to discover, and research, the assumptions that frame how they teach.
Dec 11, 2014 brookfield refers to the third lens as our colleagues experiences enabling teachers to gain a new perspective to their practice by inviting colleagues to become critical friends who watch their practice and engage in critical dialogue. Developing critical thinkers mankato state university february 28th, 2007 stephen brookfield supplementary materials included in this packet are materials touching on themes i will address during my session. Best practices for using critical reflection to improve. This makes for a book that is not only richly theorybased, but one that is also. Stephen brookfieldthe awardwining educator and bestselling authorexplains how to confront the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms by using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development. Jul 19, 2002 critically reflective teaching asks community college teachers to discover and research the assumptions they make about teaching and learning by using the four lenses available to them.
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. The moral lens was the earliest critical lens to come about, beginning in book x of platos republic. Becoming a critically reflective teacher, 2nd edition wiley. This is the second brookfield book that i have read, after starting with his revised edition of the skillful teacher 2015. Autobiography as learners self our learners eyes students our colleagues perception peers theoretical literature scholarship 4. Using the lenses of critically reflective teaching in the. Apr 09, 2015 overview of brookfields theory of reflection professor stephen brookfield worth of teaching done through critical reflection using four lenses. Pick a recent situation you have encountered in your classroom and think about how it may be looked at through these four critical lenses. Brookfields theory of reflection linkedin slideshare. The goal of the critically reflective teacher, for brookfield, is to garner an increased awareness of his or her teaching from as many different vantage points as possible. This fully revised second edition features a wealth of new material, including new chapters on critical reflection in the context of social media, teaching race and racism, leadership in a critically reflective key, and team teaching as critical reflection. Nov 11, 20 the first introductory session we had with bl we were introduced to the works of david tripp, stephen brookfield and donald schon which focused on critical thinking and selfreflection in teaching and learning environment.
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