Abstract
This article presents a conceptualisation of reflection as a process of meaning-making from experience over time. Existing conceptualisations of reflection, as based on the work of Donald Schön, tend to emphasise the different moments in time in which professionals make meanings of their experience through reflection. However, this article foregrounds another part of his thinking, namely the reflective spiral and its continuity over time. We have developed a conceptual model based on this reflective spiral, a model we exemplify in the analysis of narrative-reflective interviews with one Mexican EFL teacher about her professional sojourner experiences in the UK.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 600-613 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Reflective Practice |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 7 Jun 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 2021 |
Keywords
- Reflection
- meaning-making process
- narrated experience
- narrative-reflective interviews
- reflective spiral