abordarse desde una reflexión sobre la propia práctica

English translation: approached from a position of self-reflection of one’s own practices

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Spanish term or phrase:abordarse desde una reflexión sobre la propia práctica
English translation:approached from a position of self-reflection of one’s own practices
Entered by: James A. Walsh

11:16 Nov 16, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / Teaching Performance Evaluation System
Spanish term or phrase: abordarse desde una reflexión sobre la propia práctica
From a report about the efforts of a public university in the Basque Country to introduce a new evaluation system for teaching staff performance. It is based on the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) framework for qualifications.

This is one of nine "Evaluation Criteria" for the performance evaluation programme being implemented. Other parts of this report mention the "action-reflection-action" approach it is based on, so I can't really avoid the word "reflection" (or a variant of it) here.

Anyone feeling creative today? 'Cause I could use some inspiration:

"4. Orientación a la innovación docente: La actividad docente debe abordarse desde una reflexión sobre la propia práctica que favorezca la formación continua del profesorado, a través de la autoformación o la formación regulada por otras instancias, y debe desarrollarse desde una predisposición a introducir mejoras que afectan al modo en que se planifica y se desarrolla la enseñanza o se evalúan los resultados de la misma."


Going into UK English. Many thanks in advance.
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 12:08
should begin from a position of self-reflectivity/self-reflection
Explanation:
Teachers' activity should begin with reflection on their own practices- if you want to keep reflection. I'm not sure what the differences between relection/reflectivity/reflexivity are, but they are all found in discussions of teaching.
Selected response from:

Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:08
Grading comment
Thanks Karen, and everyone for your help here. Later in the document they start referring to this concept as "autoreflexión" and "autocrítica", so this suggestion works best here I feel.

Cheers :)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3(they) should start by giving thought to their own practices
polyglot45
4be tackled with a reflection on one´s own teaching practices in hand/mind
Anna Tellez
4should begin from a position of self-reflectivity/self-reflection
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
3be approached by reflecting the professors' own methods
Helena Chavarria
4 -1[véase a continuación]
Marta Moreno Lobera


  

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be approached by reflecting the professors' own methods


Explanation:
Just trying to help, but I'm afraid you can't call my suggestion creative.

Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 12:08
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 144

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: I would definitely change "the professors' own methods" to "one's own methods". // Phil is right that "reflexión sobre" doesn't mean "reflecting"; my agree assumes you intended to put "reflecting on".
19 mins
  -> Charles, thanks for the moral support! I nearly said "one's" but I decided against it at the last moment as I tend to use it more often than I would like. And, yes, in this case, "sobre" can only mean "on".

disagree  philgoddard: "Profesor" does not mean "professor" (it's "lecturer"), and "reflexión sobre" doesn't mean "reflecting".
3 hrs
  -> Please accept my profuse apologies. I didn't know my "uncreative suggestion" was going to upset you so much. I'll try harder next time.
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be tackled with a reflection on one´s own teaching practices in hand/mind


Explanation:
I´ve thought of a few options:
1-be tackled with a reflection on one´s own teaching practices in hand/mind

2- Reflecting on one´s own teaching practices, which favors the faculty´s continuous development/training, must inform teaching...

Anna Tellez
United States
Local time: 12:08
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
[véase a continuación]


Explanation:
"[teaching activity] must be addressed through reflection on the own practice"

"It is about reflection on the own practice"
http://www.atee2005.nl/download/papers/12_bb.pdf

"Presentating a portfolio concerning their reflection on the own practice."

http://ects200405.kahosl.be/kahosl/ECTS/ectsf6-2.htm?OplOndI...

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Note added at 43 mins (2011-11-16 11:59:36 GMT)
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This should be definitely the term here...

Pls note some of the information contained within my first link,

"In order to learn something from a specific situation or experience, reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action
can be helpful (Griffiths 2000, Schön 1987). Reflective
practitioners, like teacher educators, have to rely on their
former experiences and intuition for doing the ‘right thing’ in
problematic situations because in the practice of teaching, a
teacher (educator) is forced to ‘immediate teaching behavior’,
and doesn’t have time to make an exemplary or ideal choice
(Dolk 1997, Griffiths 2000, Korthagen and Kessels 1999).
Reflection in general can therefore be an instrument from
which much can be learned (Korthagen and Kessels 1999,
Procee and Visscher-Voerman 2004, Simons and Ruijters
2004)."

http://www.atee2005.nl/download/papers/12_bb.pdf

Marta Moreno Lobera
Spain
Local time: 12:08
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Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: You can't say "the own" - your references are bad translations. It's "their own".//I wasn't aware I'd responded to any of your answers before -- I certainly don't do it "systematically". And it IS a solid argument - I'm a native speaker, and you're wrong.
3 hrs
  -> Ok, "their own". Still, your argument is not solid enough to discredit my contribution (which is something that you sistematically do, no matter what I answer). At least, I always include references to support my proposals...// Ok, whatever...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(they) should start by giving thought to their own practices


Explanation:
and what they are doing to .......

I would make the "teachers" the subject

polyglot45
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
2 hrs

agree  Charles Davis
2 hrs

agree  evelyn beltrán
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should begin from a position of self-reflectivity/self-reflection


Explanation:
Teachers' activity should begin with reflection on their own practices- if you want to keep reflection. I'm not sure what the differences between relection/reflectivity/reflexivity are, but they are all found in discussions of teaching.


    Reference: http://www.jstor.org/pss/3588129
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:08
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks Karen, and everyone for your help here. Later in the document they start referring to this concept as "autoreflexión" and "autocrítica", so this suggestion works best here I feel.

Cheers :)
Notes to answerer
Asker: "From a position of self-reflection" - I like that a lot! Thanks very much Karen. :)

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