Mindfulness and Critical Friendship by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Critical Friendship

One of the most important considerations in the methodology of self-study is the concept of critical friendship. Illustrated by the findings from previous research studies, the critical friend method supports the identification and strengthening of shared values concerning practice;

improves teaching through critical and collaborative self-reflection; facilitates communication between colleagues; and it helps to foster a professional community of inquiry that is characterized by innovation and creation (Costa and Kallick, 1993; Samaras, 2011; Schuck and Russell, 2005). When self-study researchers collaborate with critical friends they gain immediate access to a colleague’s expertise and feedback, which enables continued professional development.

Ragoonaden and Bullock (2016) acknowledge that critical friendships must be nurtured in a climate of trust, compassion, and empathy. They posit that it must encourage analysis and integrity, and it should culminate with an advocacy for success. In addition, they explain that critical friendship requires a connection on a socio-emotional level as well as a formal process based on criticality. To support their claims, Hultman Özek, Edgren, and Jandér (2012) provide a succinct review of the many emergent definitions of critical friendship in contemporary professional literature. They explain that the necessary conditions for successful critical friendship are trust, constructive criticality a critically, professionalism, and knowledge of a critical friends teaching context and environment. Further, Hultman Özek et al’s. (2012) literature review advances that the critical friend should be implemented as professional development in a collaborative setting rather than a formal hierarchical method for peer observation (Baskerville and Goldblatt, 2009; Biggs and Tang, 2007; Swaffield, 2007).

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