Reflective Practice in Archives and Archival Education
AERI CONFERENCE
UCLA July 9, 2009
Susan K. SoySource on Flickr cdw9
Adults do not learn from experience,
they learn from processing experience.
--Judi Arin-Krupp
Reflect Backreflection-on-action
Reflect in the Presentreflection-in-action
Reflect Forwardreflection-for-action
Reflect Within
Source: (York-Barr, Sommers, Ghere, & Montie. 2006.)
Reflection-in-action
Knowing at 2200º Fahrenheit
Reflection-on-action
What did I see?What did I do?What have others done?What was I thinking and
feeling?What past experience
influenced me and my actions?
Source Chris Buzzini, paperweigh artist
Reflect-for-action
Life can only be understood backwards,
but it must be lived forwards.
Soren Kierkegaard
adapted from 1843 journal
Source Chris Buzzini, paperweight artist
Up Against the Wall
Source on Flickr Leonski
Overwhelmed
Source on Flickr gwire
About 30 lbs. of floppy disks
Minimize fear of failure
Source on Flickr Mllerustad
Old Media
Source on Flickr Home Movie Day 2007 -- Upper Valley (NH-VT)
New Media - community building through social
networking
Source on Flickr davidking
Reflective Practice as Individuals
Source on Flickr LostBobPhotos
Reflective Practice Partners
Source on Flickr Billie / PartsnPieces
Community-wide Reflective Practice
Collective Inquiry
Thinking
Learning
Understanding
Taking Action
Full EngagementSource on Flickr EssjayNZ
Source on Flickr HΩMΣR
Re-frame
Appreciative Inquiry
Start with Success
Find the Positive Core
Align Strengths
Actively Shape
Expand the Questions
Source on Flicker Mary Hockenbery
Learning with Doing
Capture your thoughts
Big Ideas Insights
Questions Future Actions
Source on Flickr vtgard
Austin, Texas See you in August
Source: Carlos Lowry