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