The Work of Critical Reflection: Using Four Lens

Pharmacy Fika

Critical reflection is an important part of our work as teachers. Kristin, Jeff, and Stuart discuss the four lenses through which teaching practices can be examined: the personal lens, the student lens, the colleague lens, and the theoretical lens. Sadly, Tina had technical difficulties and couldn't join us for this discussion. But don't feel too badly about her plight — she was in Prado, Italy.

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Resources

Brookfield SD. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, 2nd Ed. San Francisco; Josey-Bass, 2017. Shon DA. The Reflective Practitioner. How Professionals Think in Action. Basic Books, 1983. Critical Reflection. Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo. Accessed July 11, 2024.

Ash SL & Clayton PH. Generating, deepening, and documenting learning: The power of critical reflection in applied learning. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education 2009; 1(1): 25-48.

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The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work. So grab your favorite beverage and listen to the Pharmacy Fika podcast with your colleagues.

The Co-Hosts are:

• Stuart T. Haines (Executive Producer), University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy – [e-mail]
• Tina Brock, University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences - [e-mail]
• Jeff Cain, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - [e-mail]
• Kristin Janke, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy - [e-mail]

Disclaimer (inspired by Whad’Ya Know?): All opinions expressed on the Pharmacy Fika podcast are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are ours and our guests alone, and not those of our employing institutions.

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