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4.5 Summative reflections <strong>to</strong> chapter 4“I think I may have full meta-cognitive overload! Am becoming increasingly conscious ofmore fields of study: Meta-cognition, Artificial Intelligence <strong>and</strong> ‘Agent’ work, among afew” (Extract from New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Journal See Appendix 1. pp. 324-325)The above quotation signifies my state of mind at the end of the ICCE 2002 conference. <strong>It</strong>shows that th<strong>is</strong> had been both a profound learning experience <strong>and</strong> also the start of a transitionagenda for the next stage of my career. Th<strong>is</strong> would be the 'now what' of reflective practice asidentified <strong>by</strong> Rolfe et. al. (2001) cited in Jasper (2003, p. 103) <strong>and</strong> conforms <strong>to</strong> the 'Actionorientedlevel of reflection' noted t<strong>here</strong>. Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> because from that moment on I began <strong>to</strong> look forways <strong>to</strong> embed the insights gained <strong>to</strong> change practice across the Faculty back at CCCU. I started<strong>to</strong> apply the lessons learned in strategic <strong>and</strong> operational contexts, like, for example, theestabl<strong>is</strong>hment of a Faculty-wide Remote <strong>and</strong> Mobile Working committee. I reflected that theway <strong>to</strong> embed change was <strong>to</strong> institutional<strong>is</strong>e the operational in much the same way as Fullan(1990) had indicated.I would argue that my reflections in appendices 2-6 conform <strong>to</strong> Rolfe et al.'s 'What', given thedescriptive nature of the reflections set out in a-e@t 1 in the second stage of my process. Thateducgk 23/6/12 20:30Deleted: .activity helped <strong>to</strong> confirm, however, that the selected IMs did have similar character<strong>is</strong>tics <strong>and</strong>that in a simpl<strong>is</strong>tic sense, each of the Ns were, in the due proportions described earlier, present.Th<strong>is</strong> was <strong>some</strong>thing of a relief <strong>and</strong> contributed <strong>to</strong> the growing sense that I might be on<strong>to</strong><strong>some</strong>thing.Similarly, it <strong>is</strong> possible <strong>to</strong> map the findings of the third stage of my reflexive process <strong>to</strong> the 'Sowhat' approach adopted <strong>by</strong> Rolfe et al. in the 'Theory <strong>and</strong> knowledge building level of reflection'(see Jasper 2003 p. 101). I argue th<strong>is</strong>, because in their model, th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> the stage at w<strong>here</strong> theeducgk 23/6/12 20:30Deleted: .265Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thes<strong>is</strong> (Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012)

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