REFLECTIONANDREFLEXIVITY: WHATANDWHY

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SECTION1REFLECTIONANDREFLEXIVITY:WHATAND WHY01-Bolton3e-3948-Ch-01:Bolton3e-3948- Ch-0124/11/20095:33PMPage101-Bolton3e-39 48-Ch-01:Bolton3e-3948-Ch-0124/11/20095: 33PMPage2CHAPTER1REFLECTIVEPRACTICE:ANIN TRODUCTIONChapter 1 introducesand describes reflective prac tice, outliningits po litic al and soci alre spons ibili ty. Reflectionand reflexivityare de fin ed and par ti cularnatureofthr ough-the-mi rrorwritingis intro duced,its relationshipto mindfulness, andth e wa y it can tell the truth whileacceptingthe im possibility of donot store experienceasdat a,likea computer:we story it.(Wi nt er1988, )Youunderstandhowtoactfr omknowledge,butyouhavenotyetse enhowtoact fromnot-knowing.(ChuangTsu1974,p. 68)I mnolo ngeruncertainaboutbeinguncertain:uncerta intyis nowmymantra.(Reflectivepr ac ti cestudent)RReefflleeccttiioonn is a state of mind, an ongoing constituent of practice, not atechni que, or curriculum ele ment.

Reflective practice leading to change and development only happens in learning organisations (Gould 2004), with supportive mechanisms of coach, mentor or facilitator (Gray 2007), and not when top-down, organisational visions are imposed leading to compliance (Senge 1992). Effectively facilitated

  Change, Mechanisms