Chapter 4: Reflection in Social Studies Teacher Education: Revisiting the Work of Alan F. Griffin

The chapter examines the now popular idea of “reflection” in teacher education. The development of reflective practitioners has been the subject of numerous books, articles, papers and symposia. The author argues that, despite this, the concept of reflection remains ambiguous and its implementation uncertain. She helps social studies educators to explore the foundation of their own field to develop a more clear idea of “reflective practice” in social studies. She gives particular attention to the work of Alan Francis Griffin (1992) as representing a clear conceptualization of reflective thinking in a democracy and in teacher education.