RefPrac

=Reflective Practice=

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COURSE DESCRIPTION Reflective practitioners make connections with colleagues who model new practices and support the experimenting and practice of others, take stock of outcomes and reflect on possible directions, and make plans to revise their practice accordingly. Through presentations, interactive and experiential sessions, and a variety of assignments students in this course gain experiences and up-to-date tools for reflective practice.

OVERVIEW The course emphasizes learning through experience during five 2.5 hour class sessions and through reflection and writing between sessions, with a view to stimulating the students to experiment with and employ in their own work the tools introduced during the course. In this spirit, the contribution of the course to producing Thoughtful and Responsive Educators (which has been the overarching goal of the Professional Education Unit and the Graduate College of Education) centers on the Commitments of Ethical behavior, Lifelong learning, Dedication, and Modeling and mentoring; the Practices of Caring, Collaboration, Reflection; and Understandings about Pedagogy in the broad sense of instruction and facilitation.

In Fall '08, this course is organized in conjunction with events of the CCT Network.