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Uncovering Assumptions: The Key to Reflective Practice

Uncovering Assumptions: The Key to Reflective Practice THE REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER Uncovering Assumptions: The Key to Reflective Practice Stephen Brookfield ssumptions about how people If our reply to these questions is something like learn, about what educational "Well, it's common sense that. .. ;' or "everybody processes best encourage learning, knows that. . " then whatever we say to justify and about what constitutes good our actions or reasoning counts as an assumption. educational behavior, frame how educators practice Uncovering the assumptions that frame practice their craft. In order for us to be able to claim that is best approached, in my view, through the we are reflective practitioners, we must be able to analysis of adult experience in a variety of small show that we are trying to find out what our as­ group formats. Using people's experience as the sumptions are and that we are constantly checking raw material-the curriculum, if you like-for these assumptions for their validity and accuracy. assumption hunting, embeds that activity in a This article presents a series of exercises that are context that looks and feels real. effective in helping individuals learn to do just that. Scenario Analysis: An Exercise to Explore Actions of Hypothetical What Are Assumptions? Characters Assumptions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Uncovering Assumptions: The Key to Reflective Practice

Adult Learning , Volume 3 (4): 6 – Jan 1, 1992

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SAGE
Copyright
© 1992 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
ISSN
1045-1595
eISSN
2162-4070
DOI
10.1177/104515959200300405
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THE REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER Uncovering Assumptions: The Key to Reflective Practice Stephen Brookfield ssumptions about how people If our reply to these questions is something like learn, about what educational "Well, it's common sense that. .. ;' or "everybody processes best encourage learning, knows that. . " then whatever we say to justify and about what constitutes good our actions or reasoning counts as an assumption. educational behavior, frame how educators practice Uncovering the assumptions that frame practice their craft. In order for us to be able to claim that is best approached, in my view, through the we are reflective practitioners, we must be able to analysis of adult experience in a variety of small show that we are trying to find out what our as­ group formats. Using people's experience as the sumptions are and that we are constantly checking raw material-the curriculum, if you like-for these assumptions for their validity and accuracy. assumption hunting, embeds that activity in a This article presents a series of exercises that are context that looks and feels real. effective in helping individuals learn to do just that. Scenario Analysis: An Exercise to Explore Actions of Hypothetical What Are Assumptions? Characters Assumptions

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Adult LearningSAGE

Published: Jan 1, 1992

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