Reflexivity: The New Reflective Practice

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Keywords:

reflexivity, social constructionism, explanatory frameworks

Abstract

This brief paper seeks to expose contemporary thinking behind the notion of researcher reflexivity in order to draw out its usefulness for practice-based learning research and for a renewed perspective on reflective practice. Discussion includes social constructionist perspectives, questions of positionality, experiential affinity, the place of scholarship, language and the provenance of our explanatory frameworks. I conclude with a series of questions that can support a reflexive approach to practice-based learning and related research.

Author Biography

  • Glynis Cousin, University of Wolverhampton

    Professor Glynis Cousin, Director of the Institute for Learning Enhancement (ILE), University of
    Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV11LY, UK
    Email: g.cousin@wlv.ac.uk

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Originally published by the Higher Education Academy

PBLH, Vol 1, Issue 2 (October 2013)

doi:10.11120/pblh.2013.00011

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Published

2016-01-27

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2013): International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care

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Masterclass

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Reflexivity: The New Reflective Practice. (2016). International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care, 1(2), 3-7. https://publications.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/pblh/article/view/272