So back to Dewey, the grandpapa of Critical Reflection. Dewey believed there were two parts to critical reflection: "a perplexed, troubled, or confused situation at the beginning and a cleared-up unified, resolved situation at the close." (Lyons, p.12) I'm experiencing the first and taking it on good authority (Dewey's!) that I will experience the latter. I've read somewhere that the number one indicator of success is perseverance. So I'm clinging tenaciously to that thought and hope that it will all come together in the end, and if it's not together, it's not the end.
I've been immersed in Dewey. Dewey-eyed. Dewey know what we're doing? Dewey feel overwhelmed? YES. I've begun teaching this week, after a long and emotionally draining teacher strike in B.C. I've begun a new project called 'Tree and Me' with my colleagues at school, volunteered for the school district Personal and Social Responsibility Committee, am applying for a grant to study another inquiry, am participating in a study group focused on improving reading for specific people, blah, blah, blah. And last, but certainly not least, have begun my Masters of Educational Practice. I'm overwhelmed, scared, excited, curious and it's all my own fault. I LOVE TO LEARN !! So back to Dewey, the grandpapa of Critical Reflection. Dewey believed there were two parts to critical reflection: "a perplexed, troubled, or confused situation at the beginning and a cleared-up unified, resolved situation at the close." (Lyons, p.12) I'm experiencing the first and taking it on good authority (Dewey's!) that I will experience the latter. I've read somewhere that the number one indicator of success is perseverance. So I'm clinging tenaciously to that thought and hope that it will all come together in the end, and if it's not together, it's not the end. Lyons, N. (2010). Chapter 1: Reflection and Reflective Inquiry: Critical Issues, Evolving Conceptualizations, Contemporary Claims and Future Possibilities. In Handbook of reflection and reflective inquiry mapping a way of knowing for professional reflective inquiry. New York: Springer.
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