Reflecting on Reflective Teaching

Abstract

"Reflective Teaching" is a term used in teacher education to convey various meanings and purposes. In this article, Cruickshank's Reflective Teaching ap proach to practice teaching is critiqued, strengths of the approach are acknow ledged, and modifications are proposed. Gore makes comparisons between Zeichner's critical, but school-based per spective, and the more technocratic, positivistic approach of Cruickshank. The author views Cruickshank's Reflec tive Teaching as viable and efficacious if modifications are made in its structure to accommodate some practical, educa tional, and ideological concerns.