Between reflection on practice and the practice of reflection: a case study from aviation

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Mavin, Timothy
Roth, Michael
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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Reflection on practice continues to gain increasing support, if not a requirement, within vocational and professional fields. As a method of instruction, it can be used to develop increased awareness of individual performance and support lifelong learning. However, whereas research generally focuses on how individuals become proficient practitioners through reflection, it is less concerned, if at all, with how individuals learn to become proficient as practitioners of reflection. This paper turns to an example from aviation to describe a modification of practice that makes reflection an integral part of practice. In our ...
View more >Reflection on practice continues to gain increasing support, if not a requirement, within vocational and professional fields. As a method of instruction, it can be used to develop increased awareness of individual performance and support lifelong learning. However, whereas research generally focuses on how individuals become proficient practitioners through reflection, it is less concerned, if at all, with how individuals learn to become proficient as practitioners of reflection. This paper turns to an example from aviation to describe a modification of practice that makes reflection an integral part of practice. In our partner airline, all pilots not only engage in reflection on practice for improving practice but also in activities that improve the practice of their reflections. Training pilots to assess video recorded sessions of other pilots - via benchmark training - is viewed as an important step in improving pilots' ability to review their own performance during their biannual performance assessment.
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View more >Reflection on practice continues to gain increasing support, if not a requirement, within vocational and professional fields. As a method of instruction, it can be used to develop increased awareness of individual performance and support lifelong learning. However, whereas research generally focuses on how individuals become proficient practitioners through reflection, it is less concerned, if at all, with how individuals learn to become proficient as practitioners of reflection. This paper turns to an example from aviation to describe a modification of practice that makes reflection an integral part of practice. In our partner airline, all pilots not only engage in reflection on practice for improving practice but also in activities that improve the practice of their reflections. Training pilots to assess video recorded sessions of other pilots - via benchmark training - is viewed as an important step in improving pilots' ability to review their own performance during their biannual performance assessment.
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Journal Title
Reflective Practice
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Reflective Practice, Vol.15 (5), 2014, pp.651-665. Reflective Practice is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article.
Subject
Education
Sensory processes, perception and performance
Philosophy and religious studies