Economist Milton Friedman’s statement in an introduction to a reprint of his book, Capitalism and Freedom (originally published in 1962), has been often quoted: “Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.” The quote can […]
Archive for Critical Reflection
A Call for Higher Education to Critically Reflect on the Coronavirus Disorientation
Posted by Buddy Broncho
· Tuesday,
April
21st,
2020
at 08:52 AM
2 Comments
Categories : Transformative Learning Scholarship
Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
Posted by Buddy Broncho
· Tuesday,
December
3rd,
2019
at 05:07 PM
Written by Trevor Cox, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Adult Education and Safety Sciences – Last year at the UCO Transformative Learning Conference, the keynote speaker, Bryan Dewsbury, mentioned multiple times that Stephen Brookfield’s book: Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher was a foundational text for the kinds of teaching and learning that engaged things like marginalization and […]
Categories : Faculty Reflections, Readings of Interest
The Forest for the Trees: A Personal Reflection on Transformative Learning and Study Abroad
Posted by Buddy Broncho
· Wednesday,
October
23rd,
2019
at 12:28 PM
Written by Charles Gosset, ACC; Associate Certified Coach; Full Integration Coaching, LLC. — Long before I had ever heard the term “transformative learning,” I was being exposed to educational opportunities that developed my beyond-disciplinary skills and expanded my relationship with self, others, community and environment (https://sites.uco.edu/central/tl/). Looking back, one of the clearest examples was an […]
Categories : Great Teaching
This I Have Learned: Diversity of Reflections
Posted by Buddy Broncho
· Friday,
August
23rd,
2019
at 03:25 PM
Written by Linda Harris, Ed.D.; Associate Professor; Department of Educational Sciences, Foundations, & Research; UCO — When it comes to assessing student transformation, providing students with one or more writing prompts that that enable them to effectively reflect on their learning and growth in a critical way is the gold standard—and with good reason! From […]
Categories : Transformative Learning Scholarship
Tags : Assessment, Critical Reflection
Student Engagement, Critical Reflection, Transformative Learning: What’s the Key?
Posted by Buddy Broncho
· Thursday,
August
24th,
2017
at 02:23 PM
Student engagement is a good thing. We’ve heard that for decades. Alexander Astin asked the question, “What matters in college?” then answered by saying a big percentage of what matters is student engagement (Astin, 1997). Pike & Kuh (2005, p. 186) agree in a summary statement about this issue, saying, “. . . students learn […]
Categories : Transformative Learning Scholarship, UCO
The Educative Tool of Autobiography
Posted by Buddy Broncho
· Thursday,
November
17th,
2016
at 02:55 PM
How many times have you heard a student ask, “How does this relate to my life?” Autobiography and life writing can be a transformative tool in the classroom to help elicit answers to this question. After all, we all come to college with a different set of life experiences that make up the whole of […]
Categories : Great Teaching, Readings of Interest
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