Dear Rama Cousik: Thank you for starting a dialogue on this important subject ! Just to start excahnging ideas, I wonder if the early ideas of Donald Schön have been further developed in recent times...

Dear Amando Fernandez Guillermet,

Thank you for referring to the work of Donald Schon! I really liked the idea that he compared teaching with jazz improvisation. Often I too find myself 'improvising' my teaching sessions, depending on the students' mood or engagement level.

Found someone whose research interests includes the topic at hand:

Farrell, T. S. (2012). Reflecting on reflective practice:(re) visiting Dewey and Schön. TESOL Journal, 3(1), 7-16.

This book has an entire chapter on the topic:

McKernan, J., & McKernan, J. (2013). Curriculum action research: A handbook of methods and resources for the reflective practitioner. Routledge. 

Thanks again.

Rama

Dear Rama,

Journal of teacher education is a great place to find latest on reflective practices. Apart from Schön, you may also like to read the work of the following three scholars: Pollard, Murray and June.

Happy learning.

Dear Noman Mohammed,

Thanks so much for references. I was aware of the journal but was looking for more. I briefly skimmed through Pollard and Collins' book 'Reflective Teaching' and found the perfect model on page 17 that I can use for my teaching which starts today! 

Rama:

Your topic is one of great importance to the quality of college teaching on our campuses locally, regionally, and internationally. Here's a link to a summary of articles related to your topic from an agricultural perspective:

http://www.aaaeonline.org/Resources/Documents/National/2015%20Poster%20Session%20Proceedings.pdf#page=189

Here's what available on you topic in ResearchGate:

https://www.researchgate.net/publicliterature.PublicLiterature.search.html?type=keyword&search-keyword=research+on+college+teachers+as+reflective+practitioners&search-abstract=&search-journal=&search=Search

Best regards,

Debra

Dear Debra,

Thank you for the references! It is so interesting to learn about this topic from different disciplines! 

Great!

Hi Rama,

Reflective portfolios are being used in Medical Education, for both trainees and faculty.  here are two excellent reviews on the topic in this discipline.

http://www.medicine.usask.ca/academic-units/support-units/educational-support-old/workshops-1/elements-of-our-case-curriculum-1/CASE%20and%20experiential%20learning.pdf

Article Twelve tips for teaching reflection at all levels of medical education

Dear Jane,

The 2 articles are excellent! Thanks for sharing them:)

I highly recommend Jack Whitehead's decades of work in rhe UK - visit his Educational Journal of Living Theories http://ejolts.net/node/37

Go well

Susan

Thank you for the reference Susan:)