Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on Legitimation Code Theory (LCT), this volume reveals the knowledge practices and language of critical reflection in a range of different subjects, making clear how it can be taught and learned.
Critical thinking is widely held to be a key attribute required for successfully living, learning and earning in modern societies. Universities now list critical thinking as a key graduate quality and use critical reflection' as a way of teaching students how to become reflective and ethical professionals. Yet, what critical reflection' actually involves remains vague in research, teaching practice, and assessment. Studies draw on LCT, a fast-growing framework for revealing the knowledge practices that enable educational success and the individual chapters focus on a diverse range of contexts across the disciplinary map, including education, science, arts, sociology and nursing. The book further connects research and practice by presenting in-depth analyses of critical reflect
Table of Contents
1. Seeing knowledge and knowers in critical reflection: Legitimation Code Theory Part 1: Uncovering critical reflection 2. Developing disciplinary values: Interdisciplinary approaches to investigating critical reflection writing in undergraduate nursing 3. ‘I comply but deeply resent being asked to do so’: Ethical considerations of assessing students’ reflective writing 4. Critical re!ection and critical social work: Describing disciplinary values and knowledge Part 2: Supporting critical reflection in pedagogy 5. Enacting re!ective practice in sport and exercise sciences: Pedagogic and integrative perspectives 6. Consolidating performance: Reflection in the service of developing presentation skills 7. Teaching critical reflection in education diploma pathways: A pedagogic intervention 8. Writing blog critiques in teacher education: Teaching students what is valued with semantic gravity and genre theory 9. Knowledge-powered reflection in teacher education: Semantic waves and genre-based writing practice of museum experiences Part 3: Cultivating critically-reflective students 10. Framing the looking glass: Re!ecting constellations of listening for inclusion 11. Football yadayada: Learning how to critically reflect about sport as a social field 12. Understanding students’ reflective engagement with academic texts
