Reflecting on Reflective Teaching

“Reflective Teaching” is a term used in teacher education to convey various meanings and purposes. In this article, Cruickshank's Reflective Teaching approach to practice teaching is critiqued, strengths of the approach are acknowledged, and modifications are proposed. Gore makes comparisons between Zeichner's critical, but school-based perspective, and the more technocratic, positivistic approach of Cruickshank. The author views Cruickshank's Reflective Teaching as viable and efficacious if modifications are made in its structure to accommodate some practical, educational, and ideological concerns