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Reflection in action: developing reflective practice in health and social services

Bairbre Redmond Published by Ashgate Publishing 2006 163 £16.99 paperback.

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A quotation closes her preface: "Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions"; through this book, I guess her mind has been stretched by reflective practice and reflective education.

Following an overview of the origins of reflection theories, the author—based on action research in a seven-month postgraduate course of six different professions where she unfolded her model—explains how different levels of reflection can be understood and incorporated into everyday teaching and training. Chapter 2 reviews the work of forerunner theorists (Dewey, Habermas, Mezirow, Freire, Brookfield), compares the reflection stages as conceived by each of them, and finishes with the perspectives of Kelly, Polanyi, Baud. Chapter 3 looks at the individual work of Schön and his collaborative work with Argyris on action theory, explains reflection-in-action, reflection-on-action, espoused-theory, theory-in-use, models I and II professionals and systems, and compares their reflective learning stages with those of . . . [Full text of this article]