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From reflective practice to holistic reflexivity

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ID4097083
AuthorsAlan Bleakley (0000-0001-5206-7010, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume24
Issue3
Pages315-330
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079912331379925
OpenAlexW1990249696
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited16

Schon's formative and influential notion of ‘reflective practice ̊s is in danger of being widely adopted in higher education without rigorous interrogation of the central notion of ‘reflection ̊s itself. This article sets out to situate the notion of ‘reflectivity ̊s historically, and to critically examine its possible forms, interpretations and underpinning values. Schon's description of professional practice as an ‘artistry ̊s (rather than a technique) is formally progressed, teaching being described as a critically reflexive, aesthetic practice. The article notes four underpinning epistemologies for reflective practice: technical rational; humanistic emancipatory; postmodern deconstructive; and radical phenomenological, and offers an articulation of different forms of reflectivity. A proposal is made for a complex, synthetic ‘holistic reflexivity ̊s—distinguished from other kinds of reflection—as an aesthetic and ethical apprehension grounded in an ontological framework of radical phenomenology

Engineering ethics · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Engineering · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Psychology · Reflective Practices in Education

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Unique citing works49
Citations per year2,04
Citation span2002 - 2025 (24)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 44
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