The administrative portfolio can be used to encourage reflection for improvement, assist in career advancement, and assess performance. Reflective practice can also be seen as a reflection process for developing administrators' expertise in problem solving, decision making , and complex thinking. The learning process in reflective practice begins with the examination of an individual's own actions and contrasting the actions to the ideal of the practice. The book explores the rationale for reflective practice, a professional development strategy aimed at behavioral change and explains how reflective practice facilitates both individual and organizational change. The authors show how reflective practice works within the tradition of experiential learning and then describe reflective practice in action.
Research is based on projects involving principals, superintendents and other administrators.
Effects and lasting benefits, key aspects , and reflective practice an empowering, motivational force for change are examined. For those interested in an on-going dialogue on reflective practice, especially in higher education, you may participate in a discussion providing the opportunity to build an understanding around reflective practice. Videotaping is yet another tool to use in reflective practice. Pushing the envelope in supervision. Educating the reflective school leader.