Chapter 6 outlines the critical incident questionnaire and gives a case study illustration of its use. It earned rave reviews after its initial publication, and several friends recommended it highly to me years ago. Targeting faculty at all levels and across disciplines, this personal guide explores how practicing critical reflection can help align faculty with desired student outcomes, to view their practice from new perspectives, and engage learners by using varied teaching formats. Stephen Brookfield—the award-wining educator and bestselling author—explains how to confront the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms by using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development. Filled with illustrative examples from a wide variety of classroom settings, the volume explores in detail what critical reflection is and why it is so vital for becoming a skillful teacher.

Brookfield demonstrates a kind of transparently rarely conveyed in our sharing about becoming more effective in our teaching.Educators with the courage to challenge their own assumptions in an effort to improve learning are the invaluable role models our students need.

Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching, including The Skillful Teacher (2015), Teaching for Critical Thinking (2011), and The Discussion Book (with Stephen Preskill) (2016), all from Jossey-Bass. Chapter 4 continues the discussion of the autobiographies and describes a number of practical approaches for doing autobiographical reflection.Having someone who conveys such similar challenges as my own was quite helpful, both in terms of knowing that my concerns are common, but also by providing practical ways to reflect in different ways and take actions to develop my teaching even further. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. One particular dimension of this book that has served me well as a teacher is the Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ).