Chapter 11: Tying It All Together: A Roadmap for Cultivating Critical Friendship
Jennie Roloff Rothman and Adrianne Verla Uchida
Abstract
This chapter will use examples from the book to highlight common trends across these critical friendships regarding professional development and reflective practice in Japan. The reader will leave with clear roadmaps on how to foster their own grassroots critical friendships, encourage others to create such relationships, and cultivate environments which encourage critical friendships on a larger scale.
Keywords: critical friendships, professional development, reflective practice, roadmaps
About the Contributors
Jennie Roloff Rothman is Senior Coordinator of Teacher Professional Development in the English Language Institute at Kanda University of International Studies. She holds a Master’s degree in TESOL from Teachers College Columbia University. She has been teaching in Japan since 2004.
Adrianne Verla Uchida has taught English in Japan since 2004. She is an Assistant Professor at Nihon University College of International Relations. She holds a Master’s degree in TESOL from Teachers College Columbia University. Her research interests include critical friendships, reflective practice and teacher identity.
Citation
Roloff Rothman, J., & Verla Uchida, A. (2023). Tying It all together: A roadmap for cultivating critical friendship. In A. Verla Uchida & J. Roloff Rothman (Eds.), Teacher cultivating professional development through critical friendship and reflective practice: Cases from Japan. Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.46908/27/11
This chapter will use examples from the book to highlight common trends across these critical friendships regarding professional development and reflective practice in Japan. The reader will leave with clear roadmaps on how to foster their own grassroots critical friendships, encourage others to create such relationships, and cultivate environments which encourage critical friendships on a larger scale.
Keywords: critical friendships, professional development, reflective practice, roadmaps
About the Contributors
Jennie Roloff Rothman is Senior Coordinator of Teacher Professional Development in the English Language Institute at Kanda University of International Studies. She holds a Master’s degree in TESOL from Teachers College Columbia University. She has been teaching in Japan since 2004.
Adrianne Verla Uchida has taught English in Japan since 2004. She is an Assistant Professor at Nihon University College of International Relations. She holds a Master’s degree in TESOL from Teachers College Columbia University. Her research interests include critical friendships, reflective practice and teacher identity.
Citation
Roloff Rothman, J., & Verla Uchida, A. (2023). Tying It all together: A roadmap for cultivating critical friendship. In A. Verla Uchida & J. Roloff Rothman (Eds.), Teacher cultivating professional development through critical friendship and reflective practice: Cases from Japan. Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.46908/27/11
Information About the Book
Title: Teacher Cultivating Professional Development Through Critical Friendship and Reflective Practice: Cases From Japan.
Editors: Adrianne Verla Uchida and Jennie Roloff Rothman
Publication date: 2023
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Title: Teacher Cultivating Professional Development Through Critical Friendship and Reflective Practice: Cases From Japan.
Editors: Adrianne Verla Uchida and Jennie Roloff Rothman
Publication date: 2023
Read more...