1.1 REFLECTIVE ACTION.

Donald Schön (1983) suggested that the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning was one of the defining characteristics of professional practice. In the light of the work done by Schön, Jack Mezirow makes the distinction between reflective action and critical reflection. Reflective action refers to a very brief break (sometimes a few seconds) in the action and asking oneself “What’s going wrong?”, and then evaluates the situation. Critical reflection involves the questioning of the
presuppositions on which our belief has been built and leads to discuss problem
definition instead of problem solving. On the basis of this distinction, Mezirow defines
Reflection as "the process of critically assessing the content, process, or premise(s) of our
efforts to interpret and give meaning to an experience" (Mezirow, 1991).

2. GROUP OBJECTIVE

The group was assigned with the task of analytically and critically......

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