reflective practice lesson 1- overview
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Reflective PracticeLesson 1: An overview of reflective practice
Aims
What is reflective practice?
Reflection on action and reflection in action
How is reflective practice used in sports coaching?
What is reflective practice?
What is reflective practice?
A dialectical process: it looks inwards at our thoughts and thought processes and outward at the situation in which we consider the interaction of the internal and external, our reflection orientates us for further thought and action. Reflection is thus ‘meta thinking’ (thinking about thinking) in which we consider the relationship between our thoughts and action in a particular context.
Kemmis (1985. P141)
What is Reflective Practice?
What is Reflective Practice?
Learning from what you have just done?
What is Reflective Practice?
Learning from what you have just done?
Being honest with yourself
What is Reflective Practice?
Learning from what you have just done?
Being honest with yourself
Justifying what you do
What is Reflective Practice?
Learning from what you have just done?
Being honest with yourself
Justifying what you do
It is both backward and forward looking
What is Reflective Practice?
Learning from what you have just done?
Being honest with yourself
Justifying what you do
It is both backward and forward looking
Critical reflection includes questioning routines, habitual practice, challenging “conventional wisdom”, being able to ask others and ourselves “why-type” questions.
Schon, 1983, 1987 & 1991
Schon, 1983, 1987 & 1991
Theory of action
Schon, 1983, 1987 & 1991
Theory of action
Espoused Theory
Schon, 1983, 1987 & 1991
Theory of action
Espoused Theory
Theories in Use
Schon, 1983, 1987 & 1991
Theory of action
Espoused Theory
Theories in Use
Reflecting on the congruence between what we say we do and what we actually do is a critical component in the improvement process
When should you Reflect?
When should you Reflect?
Immediately after the session?
When should you Reflect?
Immediately after the session?
As soon as possible?
When should you Reflect?
Immediately after the session?
As soon as possible?
At a set time each week/day?
What sort of questions should you ask?
What sort of questions should you ask?
What is my coaching like?
What sort of questions should you ask?
What is my coaching like?
Why is it like this?
What sort of questions should you ask?
What is my coaching like?
Why is it like this?
How has it come to be this way?
What sort of questions should you ask?
What is my coaching like?
Why is it like this?
How has it come to be this way?
What aspect of it would i like to improve?
What sort of questions should you ask?
What is my coaching like?
Why is it like this?
How has it come to be this way?
What aspect of it would i like to improve?
Whose interest are being served (or denied) by my coaching?
What sort of questions should you ask?
What is my coaching like?
Why is it like this?
How has it come to be this way?
What aspect of it would i like to improve?
Whose interest are being served (or denied) by my coaching?
What nourishes and/or constrains what i do?
Continued
Continued
What pressures prevent/limit me from coaching in alternative ways?
Continued
What pressures prevent/limit me from coaching in alternative ways?
What alternatives are available to me right now?
Continued
What pressures prevent/limit me from coaching in alternative ways?
What alternatives are available to me right now?
Ghaye, 2001.
Reflection on action
Reflection on action
This reflection happens after the session, it can be written or mental.
Reflection in action
Reflection in action
Reflection in action takes place during the session.
Reflective practice in sports coaching
Reflective practice in sports coaching
Knowles, Tyler, Gilbourne & Eubank (2006)
Knowles, Gilbourne, Borrie & Nevill (2001)
Issues with reflective practice in coaching
Issues with reflective practice in coaching
Time
Issues with reflective practice in coaching
Time
Training
Issues with reflective practice in coaching
Time
Training
Application in sporting context
Issues with reflective practice in coaching
Time
Training
Application in sporting context
Independance/autonomy
Any questions?