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The Maker as a Reflective Practitioner
The document emphasizes the significance of critical reflection in the learning process, positing it as an active and intellectual exercise essential for deeper understanding and inspiration. It cites research indicating that reflection enhances learning by making experiences productive and increasing self-efficacy. Various means of reflection are suggested, including discussion, writing, and multimedia, alongside reflection questions to guide learning experiences.
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The Maker as a Reflective Practitioner
- 1. The Maker asa Reflective Practitioner
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- 8. Critical reflection isan important part of any learning process. Without reflection, learning becomes only an activity — like viewing a reality TV show — which was never meant to have meaning, but was only meant to occupy time. https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/612829/pages/heres-what-to-do-on-saturday
- 9. Critical reflection isan active, conversive, dialectical exercise that requires as much intellectual work as does every other aspect of the learning process. In reflection, all the learned material can be gathered about, sorted and resorted, and searched through for greater understanding and inspiration https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/612829/pages/heres-what-to-do-on-saturday
- 10. A recent researchstudy published via Harvard Business Review concluded that: ● Learning from direct experience can be more effective if coupled with reflection-that is, the intentional attempt to synthesize, abstract, and articulate the key lessons taught by experience. ● Reflecting on what has been learned makes experience more productive. ● Reflection builds one’s confidence in the ability to achieve a goal (i.e., self-efficacy), which in turn translates into higher rates of learning. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7498.html
- 11. Honoring multiple meansof reflection
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- 15. Take a photoor create a video about it
- 16. Tweet (or snapchator Facebook) about it.
- 17. Some Making ReflectionQuestions
- 18. Was I resourcefulin terms of finding information, resources, and materials?
- 19. Did I acceptfailure as part of the process and use it to inform my learning?
- 20. Did I approachlearning as an open- ended process; open to new & all possibilities?
- 21. Did I tryto either make something better or create something new rather than just copy something that already exists?
- 22. Did I askother people for feedback and information; to collaborate?
- 23. Did I sharemy work and findings with others?
- 24. Did I playand have fun?
- 25. Did I learnsomething new?
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- 28. Educator as LeadLearner https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/educators-as-lead-learners/
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- 31. eBook: Educator asMaker Educator http://www.amazon.com/The-Educator-as-Maker-ebook/dp/B016Z5NZ6O