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Reflective Practice: An Approach for Expanding Your Learning Frontiers

Graduate · Historical course

January IAP 2007

Topics

  • Introduction to Reflective Practice
  • The Practice of Reflection
  • Ways of Knowledge Generation
  • Theories, Knowledge and Practice
  • Virtual Worlds and Their Role in Creative Work
  • Frames, Perceptions and Interpretations
  • Reframing for Resolving Intractable Controversies
  • Reframing for Strategic Creativity
  • Conceptual Learning
  • Frontiers of Schön’s Approach and Its Relevance in the 21 st Century

Readings

  • Richmond, Jonathan E. D., et al. “A Life of Reflection: Remarks in Memory of Donald Schön.” Journal of Planning Literature 8, no. 13 (1998): 3-10.
    Listed reading
  • Schön, Donald. “Preparing Professionals for the Demands of Practice” and “Redesigning Professional Education.” In Educating the Reflective Practitioner . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1990. ISBN: 1555422209.
    Listed reading
  • Argyris, Chris, and Donald Schön. “Model I” and “Model II.” In Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN: 1555424465.
    Recommended
  • McDowell, Ceasar L., Andrea Nagel, Susana M. Williams, and Claudia Canepa. “Building Knowledge from the Practice of Local Communities.” Knowledge Management for Development Journal 1, no. 3 (2005): 30-40.
    Recommended
  • Amulya, Joy. “Summary of Critical Moments Reflection.” 2003.
    Recommended
  • Schön, Donald. “From Technical Rationality to Reflection-in-Action.” In The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action . Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 1995. ISBN: 1857423194.
    Recommended
  • Pink, Daniel. “Design.” In A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future . New York, NY: Penguin, 2006. ISBN: 1594481717.
    Recommended
  • Argyris, Chris, and Donald Schön. “Theories of Action.” In Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN: 1555424465.
    Recommended
  • Kuhn, Thomas. “Revolutions as Changes in the World View.” In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN: 0226458083.
    Recommended
  • Schön, Donald. “Preparing Professionals for the Demands of Practice” and “Implications for Improving Professional Education.” In Educating the Reflective Practitioner . New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1990. ISBN: 1555422209.
    Recommended
  • Schön, Donald. “The Structure of Reflection-in-Action.” In The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action . Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 1995. ISBN: 1857423194.
    Recommended
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  • 6 · Frames, Perceptions and Interpretations · Schön, Donald, and Martin Rein. “Introduction” and “Rationality, Reframing, and Frame Reflection.” In Frame Reflection: Toward the Resolution of Intractable Policy Controversies . New York, NY: Basic Books, 1995. ISBN: 0465025129.
    Recommended
  • 7 · Reframing for Resolving Intractable Controversies · Schön, Donald, and Martin Rein. “Intractable Policy Controversies.” In Frame Reflection: Toward the Resolution of Intractable Policy Controversies . New York, NY: Basic Books, 1995. ISBN: 0465025129.
    Recommended
  • 8 · Reframing for Strategic Creativity · Schön, Donald, and Martin Rein. “Homelessness in Massachusetts.” In Frame Reflection: Toward the Resolution of Intractable Policy Controversies . New York, NY: Basic Books, 1995. ISBN: 0465025129.
    Recommended
  • Schön, Donald. “Asking the Question: A Review of Some Theories of the Formation of New Concepts,” “Starting from Scratch: Treating the New in Terms of the Old,” and “The Life of Metaphors in Theory: A Speculative Conclusion.” In Displacement of Concepts . Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis, 2003. ISBN: 0415264863.
    Recommended
  • Pink, Daniel. “High Concept, High Touch.” In A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future . New York, NY: Penguin, 2006. ISBN: 1594481717.
    Recommended
  • Friedman, Thomas L. “The Right Stuff.” In The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century . New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006, pp. 301-315. ISBN: 0374292795.
    Recommended
  • Kelley, Thomas, and Jonathan Littman. “The Anthropologist.” In The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO’s Strategies for Defeating the Devil’s Advocate and Driving Creativity throughout Your Organization . New York, NY: Doubleday & Company, 2005. ISBN: 0385512074.
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  • 10 · Frontiers of Schön’s Approach and Its Relevance in the 21 st Century · Sunstein, Cass. “Introduction: Dreams and Nightmares” and “Many Working Minds: Wikis, Open Source Software, and Blogs.” In Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0195189280.
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