Reconceptualising Reflection in Reflective Practice: Voices from Malaysian Educators (Routledge Research in Education)

By: Misrah Mohamed and Radzuwan Ab Rashid

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Synopsis: This edited volume presents a model that embraces four components of reflective practice; planning, acting, reflecting, and evaluating. The complexities of reflective practice are manifested through three aspects of reflection; problem-solving, action orientedness and critical reflection. To provide practical guidance, the audience is presented with various sets of experiences within the field of education which represent different foci and criticality of reflection. The experiences are described through different lenses, from individual to groups of educators. The chapters provide a reconceptualisation of reflection which underpins an effective reflective practice. Therefore, readers are provided with information that demonstrates the different phases of reflection that make up an effective cycle of reflective practice. It is through the chapters that readers will be able to distinguish the different foci and levels of reflection, thus enable them to engage in reflective practice more effectively. The Malaysian context that the book brings gives readers insights into a lesser-known context and its people, culture, and educational system as a whole for comparison. The book is written with the needs of student teachers and teacher educators in mind. However, the model reconceptualized is transferable to other disciplines too.