TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflecting on reflection
T2 - 2015 122nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
AU - Turns, Jennifer A.
AU - Sattler, Brook
AU - Thomas, Lauren D.
AU - Atman, Cynthia J.
AU - Bankhead, Richard Brown
AU - Carberry, Adam R.
AU - Csavina, Kristine R.
AU - Cunningham, Patrick
AU - Faust, Douglas Karl
AU - Harding, Trevor Scott
AU - Yasuhara, Ken
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - To explore the general question of ways to help educators become more reflective, this paper focuses on the proposition that one way to help educators be more reflective is to give them an opportunity to discuss (or be interviewed about) an activity they do with students. To address this proposition, we use a "multiple perspectives methodology" featuring essays from seven educators about their experiences of being interviewed about a reflection activity they have done with students. The educators' essays suggest that the interviews were experienced as (1) a reflection opportunity, (2) a chance to reflect on the activity that was the focus of the interview, (3) a chance to reflect on reflection as an educational activity, and (4) a chance to bridge reflection and other points of personal interest. The results presented in this paper provide a basis for suggesting that interviewing educators about activities they use with students is a promising way to support educator reflection.
AB - To explore the general question of ways to help educators become more reflective, this paper focuses on the proposition that one way to help educators be more reflective is to give them an opportunity to discuss (or be interviewed about) an activity they do with students. To address this proposition, we use a "multiple perspectives methodology" featuring essays from seven educators about their experiences of being interviewed about a reflection activity they have done with students. The educators' essays suggest that the interviews were experienced as (1) a reflection opportunity, (2) a chance to reflect on the activity that was the focus of the interview, (3) a chance to reflect on reflection as an educational activity, and (4) a chance to bridge reflection and other points of personal interest. The results presented in this paper provide a basis for suggesting that interviewing educators about activities they use with students is a promising way to support educator reflection.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84941992555
SN - 2153-5965
VL - 122nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Making Value for Society
JO - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
JF - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
IS - 122nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Making Value for...
Y2 - 14 June 2015 through 17 June 2015
ER -