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Collective Reflection & Shared Thinking

Collective Reflection & Shared Thinking. Bowskill, N., Lally, V., Cutts, Q., Brindley, S. & Draper, S. University of Glasgow n icholas.bowskill@gmail.com 8th Annual Enhancement Themes Conference: 'Fit for the Future' – Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2 and 3 March 2011

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Collective Reflection & Shared Thinking

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  1. Collective Reflection & Shared Thinking Bowskill, N., Lally, V., Cutts, Q., Brindley, S. & Draper, S. University of Glasgow nicholas.bowskill@gmail.com 8th Annual Enhancement Themes Conference: 'Fit for the Future' – Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2 and 3 March 2011 http://sharedthinking.info

  2. Background of Shared Thinking • University of Glasgow • Kelvin-Smith Scholarship • Education, Psychology and Computing Science • Classroom Technology and Discussion • Shifting the idea of voting technology from teaching to reflection/learning • Collective reflection

  3. Traditional Learning • Fixed Start • Known Outcomes • Focus on Individual Products • Assessment is individual and mainly from tutor feedback • Tutor’s role is to teach • Broadly the same even with technology • Reflective Practice is on your own http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2011/02/26/8032/

  4. Shared Thinking Process and Product What are your concerns about developing your reflective practice? • Snowball Group-Discussion Technique + Voting Technology • Individual • Small group • Whole group • Follow-Up Work

  5. Shared Thinking • Multiple Starting Points • Multiple End Points • Learning as a Whole-Group Enquiry (Stroup, Ares, etc.) • Tutor’s role is to orchestrate and to listen • Assessment includes feedback from everyone (peers and tutors) • Technology to visualise a shared understanding • ‘Listening Pedagogy’ (Rinaldi, 2005) http://www.learning-together.co.uk/index.asp

  6. Case Studies of Shared Thinking • Induction and Transition and Mentoring • New and Ancient Universities, • up to 350 students • Support Staff at an Academic Conference • Student-Teachers reflecting together on individual work placements • Academic Staff reviewing assessment practices in a university department

  7. Traditional Idea of Reflective Practice • Kolb’s Learning Cycle • Introspection • Individual as boundary • Vague Practice • Lack of Social input or context Kolb’s Experiential Cycle

  8. Collective Reflective Practice:Shared Thinking Bowskill’s Interactionist Model of Collective Reflection: Shared Thinking • Bowskill’s Interactionist Model of Collective Reflection • Diversity-driven (Stroup et al) • Constructivist development in the social context • Includes the multiple perspectives of situated others • Has a clear transferable practice • Provides quantitative and qualitative data for everyone involved

  9. 3 Levels of Impact: • Individual benefits • - Emotional • Cognitive • Pedagogical • - Whole-Group Enquiry • Provides a visible shared understanding • Research • Investigate student experience at collective level • Everyone is a researcher http://sharedthinking.info Shared Thinking

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