ABSTRACT

Practicing Core Reflection features 78 concrete educational activities and exercises based on research. These can be used individually and in groups to support 'teaching and learning from within.’ Core Reflection is an approach focused on people's personal strengths and on using practical strategies to overcome obstacles to the enactment of these strengths. This approach has been used in many contexts all over the world and has shown great promise in helping to re-chart the course for education and to re-think its purpose in global and democratic societies. Additional tools (Cards, Figures, Tables, Forms in a printable PDF format) are provided on this website (under the eResources tab). Building on the theoretical foundations established in Korthagen, Kim, and Green’s Teaching and Learning from Within: A Core Reflection Approach to Quality and Inspiration in Education, this companion volume can be used together with it or on its own to engage educators in exploring what it means to bring out the best in oneself, in students, in colleagues, and others—a critically significant project if education is to realize new levels of possibility and potential.

chapter 1|16 pages

Working From your Inner Core

An Outline

chapter 3|22 pages

Using Three Information Channels

Thinking, Feeling, and Wanting

chapter 4|26 pages

Using the Power of Your Desires and Ideals

chapter 5|11 pages

Going With the Flow

chapter 6|11 pages

Letting Go of Limitations

chapter 7|26 pages

Connecting the Aspects of Your Personality

chapter 8|14 pages

Working with Presence and Mindfulness

chapter 10|14 pages

Working with this Book

Some Practical Tips