Tony Gibbons, philosopher, lawyer and science educator, will reflect on the meaning of reflection in the next Flinders University Fridays at the Library series.
The word 'reflection' and its synonyms are scattered like confetti throughout the pages of curriculum documents, research reports and political statements. One is hard-pressed to find in any of the documents which use the word some account of what it means to reflect.
By not saying what they mean by the word are writers supposing that it is synonymous with reason and reasoning?
Tony Gibbons explains why he thinks there is the real possibility that this means there is a serious flaw embedded in much educational research, and in many curriculum documents and administrative pronouncements.
