ABSTRACT
This chapter details how students and teachers engage in reflection to foster growth in languaging. Students can develop languaging for the use of empathizing with peers’ perspectives in new and different contexts and over time leading to the dispositions of openness, creativity, persistence, responsibility, flexibility, and metacognition. Reflecting on both specific events that can be “frozen” in time or across events over space and time, students gain a deeper perspective on relational framing. Particular ideas and activities explored for growth in reflection include e-portfolios, a cycle of feedback that includes feed-up, feedback and feed-forward as well as use of digital tools such as Google Docs or Kaizena. In addition to students’ reflection, teachers are encouraged to reflect on specific events in their teaching through oral and written narratives to explore teaching moments, video analysis, and teacher action research. Preservice teachers can also be supported in relational framing through work with mentors and coaches as well as engaging in professional development through national organizations and online or in-person professional development communities.
