My only Brookfield

DACE C1 - My journey on 06/07/10
Approaches to Reflective Practice

A total of 4 "brothers" all together but I will choose the one that talks about lenses, cos it reminds me of wearing my glasses..

The philosophy of Brookfield which is the easiest to remember and put into practise.

Brookfield has 4 reflective lenses which I wish to share and they are; 1) Autobiographies 2)Learners Perspectives 3)Colleagues Experience 4)Theoretical

I fill that being a trainer, the 3rd lens will be most helpful when you need someone to review and critic your standard as well as welcoming constructive inputs for one to improve in your professional practise. Most of the time we do not see the lack of training gaps within ourselves until we seek comments from other trainers who are willing to be our mentor or peer. The 3rd lens also help me to review my training methods to see if it is update as well as using good practises as a benchmark to review on my continuous education.

1)Autobiographies, is by looking back at our past history in the field of professional practice, pondering on our experience and concepts. Images and personal influences to others will be replayed in our mind.

2)Learners' Perspectives, these are one of our most important stakeholders!, no learner means no job.. anyway they are the ones who can influence your teaching delivery and their honesty in the training evaluation report states if your have meet your goal as a trainer.

3)Colleagues' Experiences, hopefully you can get someone that is able to give you constructive feedback and also be honest with you while he/she bombard you after observing your delivery. Being a trainer, you constantly need someone to validate your standards.

4)Theoretical Literature comes in play when you need to validate your information using formal source in terms of references. Its a form of comparison that you are updated and on track.