This strand of inquiry focuses on the ideas of Stephen Brookfield and
others. Critically reflective teaching offers an engaging discipline to
faculty. The underlined links below will take you to more information
about Prof. Brookfield and about critically reflective teaching. (Click
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 | Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher is praised as
"wise" and "jargon-free" at this publisher
page. Comments sent to the publisher praise the book as "the
most compelling, informed, perceptive, and sensible book available"
regarding tools that faculty can use to transform themselves and learning in
their courses. That's no understatement. |
| Click on
Brookfield's photo at his university's website to see his list of
degrees. |
| Brookfield's
interview touches on how assumptions can become tyrannical or confining
in our professional lives, ground rules for discussion that have developed
into his most recent book, and the basis of teaching as questioning. |
| One of Brookfield's major tools is the
"critical incident questionnaire," which is featured in the
same National Teaching and Learning Forum issue that featured his
interview in 1996. |
| Brookfield made his second visit to NVCC's Loudoun Campus on March 3,
2000, to conduct a workshop on critical reflection and structuring
discussions. The comments on these somewhat interactive pages
highlight that event. |
| Prof. Brookfield also presented a workshop at J. Sargeant
Reynolds Community College on Thursday, April 19, 2001, at the Parham Road Campus. |
| Hibbison maintains a website for Brookfield
readers. At the cover
page, click the "Login" button. Logging in as a guest is
possible by clicking "Preview." Then select "Course Catalog" -- "Miscellaneous" --
"Critically Reflective Teaching." You will be able to see the
read-only pages, e.g. "Course Documents" for activities like the
"Teacher Learning Audit" or the "Role Model Profile," but not forums or other write-permissioned pages--unless you
request passcodes from ehibbison@jsr.vccs.edu |
About Stephen Brookfield
Professor Brookfield spent 10 years at Columbia Teachers College, moved to
Minnesota with no job waiting, worked as a part-time teacher for a few years,
and after becoming a full-time faculty member again earned tenure at the
University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Now, as the award-winning
author of several astonishing books on adult education and faculty development,
Brookfield is a Distinguished Professor and a sought-after speaker.
The RCTE initiative on critically reflective teaching has included these events:
| Rosalyn King hosted Stephen Brookfield at NVCC's Loudoun
Campus on critically reflective teaching on March 3, 2000 |
| 105 copies of Brookfield's Becoming a Critically Reflective
Teacher were given to faculty from the VCCS and from the Master Teacher Seminar
2000 during Spring-Summer-Fall 2000 |
| Ann Bartholomay (SWVCC) used 40 copies of the Brookfield book with her Advisor Plus
program during Fall, 2000 |
| Eric Hibbison hosted a Blackboard discussion group on Brookfield's book
during Fall, 2000 and launched a review of a few key
elements of the Brookfield book
 | a critique of the "Critical Incident Questionnaire" (114-139) |
| compiling a "Good Practices Audit" online (161-184) |
| considering the feasibility for an ELICIT institute on your campus (67-69) |
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| Rosalyn King's and
Eric Hibbison's highlighting of the Brookfield book was published in the Fall, 2000,
issue of VCCS Inquiry |
| Laura Powell (Reading, Danville CC) presented a workshop
highlighting Brookfield's essentials on March 1, 2001, at Danville CC, hosted by Janet
Laughlin |
| Eric Hibbison |
| Dr. Rosalyn King, Northern RCTE Chair, hosts Dr. Robert Kegan, William and Miriam Meehan
Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development, Harvard University, on Friday,
March 30, 2001, from 1:00pm-4:00pm in the Amphitheater, 3rd Floor, Old Dominion
University, Northern VA Center at 21335 Signal Hill Plaza in Sterling, Virginia
20164. Transformational Learning and Reflective Practice |
| Stephen Brookfield presented a workshop on critically
reflective teaching at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Parham Road Campus, B-101; April 19,
2001, 1-4 p.m.), hosted by the Midcentral Region Center for Teaching Excellence of the
VCCS. |
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