Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. One particular dimension of this book that has served me well as a teacher is the Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ).

Chapter 3 establishes the importance for critical reflection of teachers analyzing their own autobiographies as learners. Chapter 6 outlines the critical incident questionnaire and gives a case study illustration of its use. Most appealing is Brookfield's openness to how the various techniques may be individually tailored by educators to fit unique situations.In addition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded to align with today's classrooms, whether online or face-to-face, in large lecture formats or small groups. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching, including The Skillful Teacher (2015), Teaching for Critical Thinking (2011), and The Discussion Book (with Stephen Preskill) (2016), all from Jossey-Bass. Stephen Brookfield―the award-wining educator and bestselling author―explains how to confront the ­contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms by using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development. The second edition that is being reviewed here saw the light of day in 2017, more than two decades after the first. Brookfield demonstrates a kind of transparently rarely conveyed in our sharing about becoming more effective in our teaching.

Critical reflection can also aid in understanding and managing classroom power dynamics, modeling critical thinking for students, as well as working with the complexities of diverse classrooms. This is the second Brookfield book that I have read, after starting with his revised edition of The Skillful Teacher (2015). It earned rave reviews after its initial publication, and several friends recommended it highly to me years ago.Despite the continuity of the core thesis in the second edition, Brookfield has done something rather unusual for a new edition in completely rewriting “the whole book from the opening sentence to the last” (ix). Chapter 4 continues the discussion of the autobiographies and describes a number of practical approaches for doing autobiographical reflection. Chapter 10 looks at the particular contributions that the literature of critical reflection can make to the reflective effort. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. What I love about this simple, anonymous survey is that it provides clear insight into how students experience my teaching.

Filled with illustrative examples from a wide variety of classroom settings, the volume explores in detail what critical reflection is and why it is so vital for becoming a skillful teacher. Chapter 1 lays out the concept of reflection in general terms and then focuses on explaining what is distinctive about critical reflection. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching, including The Skillful Teacher(2015), Teaching for Critical Thinking(2011), and The Discussion Book(with Stephen Preskill) (2016), all from Jossey-Bass.Chapter 5 describes how to use learning journals, and other techniques to see through students' eyes. Stephen Brookfield—the award-wining educator and bestselling author—explains how to confront the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms by using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development.