Supporting Reflective Learning

Towards a Reflexive Theory of Form

Bibliographic Data

ID9890836
AuthorsPhilip J Boxer (London Business School, Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4SA, England.), Philip Boxer (London Business School, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume33
Issue1
Pages1-22
Publication date1980-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001872678003300101
OpenAlexW2153066389
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

The paper develops a framework which extends Kelly 's theory of personal constructs so that it can incorporate concepts of consciousness and of structure. It shows both how this extension makes it possible to explore the dynamics of structures as they are apparent in managers' use of language and how the extension can be operationalized so that a manager cannot only think about the theory, but also think through it. It concludes that this operational form of the theory enables the manager to have a new kind of learning experience: reflective learning

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Consciousness · Epistemology · Extension (predicate logic · Integrated information theory · Learning theory · Operationalization · Reflexivity · Sociology · Cognitive and psychological constructs research · Computer Science · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

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