HEFi Reading Group: Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher: Uncovering Assumptions of Power

Reading

Chapter 2: Uncovering Assumptions of Power from "Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher" by Stephen Brookfield  Read: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bham/reader.action?docID=4790372. Critical reflection is all about hunting the assumptions that frame our judgments and actions as teachers. This chapter provides examples of some general pedagogic assumptions about how best to support learning and then narrows the focus to assumptions concerning the power dynamics of classrooms.

• Commonsense Assumptions about Good Teaching
• Assumptions of Power
• The Circle
• The Teacher as Fly on the Wall
• Conclusion

Where

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