Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

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Educators with the courage to challenge their own assumptions in an effort to improve learning are the invaluable role models our students need.

Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching, including The Skillful Teacher(2015), Teaching for Critical Thinking(2011), and The Discussion Book(with Stephen Preskill) (2016), all from Jossey-Bass.Most appealing is Brookfield's openness to how the various techniques may be individually tailored by educators to fit unique situations. I have seen Stephen Brookfield in conferences and he is a brave educator, open to tackle some of the issues most of us would rather not. All chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect today’s classroom formats, whether online or face-to-face, or in large ­lectures or small groups.

Despite the continuity of the core thesis in the second edition, Brookfield has done something rather unusual for a new edition in completely rewriting “the whole book from the opening sentence to the last” (ix). Assumptions guide practice and only when we base our actions on accurate assumptions will we achieve the results we want.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

In addition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded to align with today's classrooms, whether online or face-to-face, in large lecture formats or small groups. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Brookfield demonstrates a kind of transparently rarely conveyed in our sharing about becoming more effective in our teaching. Chapter 3 establishes the importance for critical reflection of teachers analyzing their own autobiographies as learners. Targeting faculty at all levels and across disciplines, this personal guide explores how practicing critical reflection can help align faculty with desired student outcomes, to view their practice from new perspectives, and engage learners by using varied teaching formats. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching, including The Skillful Teacher (2015), Teaching for Critical Thinking (2011), and The Discussion Book (with Stephen Preskill) (2016), all from Jossey-Bass. This is the second Brookfield book that I have read, after starting with his revised edition of The Skillful Teacher (2015).