define reflective practioner?

Answer 1

Well, a reflective practitioner is someone who reflects on his or her work to figure out what they did well and what they need to improve on or work harder at. For example, if a teacher is a reflective practitioner, she will not just teach and then go home and not think anything of it. She will teach and then sit back and think about how her students benefited from what she did, what went well in her lesson, and what she could have done to make the lesson go better. Maybe even take a few notes. Hope that helps.

Answer 2

There is different types of reflection there is reflection in action which is when you think about what is happening i.e during an interation such as what the person is saying, how they are responding to you and what their body language is portrying and then you respond accordingly during the situation i.e taking a different approach to asking a question.

There is also reflection on action which is when you think and consider what happened, what you did and how others responded during a situation, after the event.

A reflective practitioner is one who is always thinking about and analysing their own practice, considering that of others and thinking about different situations. I.e if something did not work in a certain situation a reflective practitioner would break it down and think about the different stages, learn from what work and what didnt. Im currently a social work student and i always have to be a reflective practitioner both during practice and afterwards. This is helped through supervision and reflective logs where you break down and examine what happened, why it happened, the theory to explain it, what skills you used and what worked and why, what you could have done differently and what you learned.

I hope this helps.

Oh there is a book called the reflective practitioner but im not sure of the author.

Answer 3

The notion of reflection-in-action, and the Reflective practitioner were first posited by Donald Schon in The Reflective Practitioner (1983). Schon described how reflection-in-action could be used by professionals as a tool to improve their practice. Schon later noted that it is possible to describe the tacit knowledge implicit in our actions through a process of observation and reflection (Schon, 1987, 26). Schon's concept of reflection-in-action has attracted a great deal of attention across several disciplines, as the idea of the Reflective Practitioner has been adapted to suit the circumstances of different professions. Jay Rothman's concept of Reflexive practice in conflict resolution was influenced by Schon's work.

This essay compares Schon's notion of the Reflective Practitioner, with Rothman's alternative of Reflexivity.

Reflexivity is a result of Rothman's work in the field of conflict resolution . Conflict resolution is based on intervention, these interventions require a high degree of interaction between disputants. Reflexivity benefits both the practitioner, and participants in an intervention,as it can improve the communication process, and content of the messages. There are two separate forms of reflexivity. The first a visceral response, similar to a reflex test in a doctor's office. This creates a single loop feedback between actions and reactions (Rothman, 1997, 35). The positive form of reflexivity advanced by Rothman takes on the exact opposite meaning. It is this form of reflexivity that will be referred to for the duration of this essay. Reflexivity involves delaying the instinctive and unexamined reactions to external stimulus, and analysing them before responding (Rothman, 1997, 36). If parties are able to reflexively examine their situation, they are able to engage in a pro-active analysis of their assumptions, and how they relate to others, rather than just responding reactively . This enables participants to mitigate destructive reactions in the context of dialogue with other parties. In a conflict resolution process, this can redirect parties from destructive interaction, to more productive conversation.

Reflexivity is an interactive process that takes into consideration the relationship between self, other and context. Reflexivity expands the frame to include an examination of the underlying assumptions and priorities that shape interaction within a given time, place and situation (like a conflict). Being reflexive requires that parties examine their priorities before they react . This involves asking "Why this situation is so important to me? Why do I care so much?" "What have I done to contribute to the problem?" and "What might be done in order to contribute to its resolution (Rothman, 1997, 37)". The answers to these questions can be used to determine the priorities of participants, and help in the communication and resolution process. If both parties are able to embark on a reflexive process, they may be able to be more responsive in the context of their interaction. In a conflict intervention, this can mean a significant shift from polarization and antagonism to resonance between parties (Rothman,1997).

Answer 4

Secular and moralistic conscientiousness?