Jeffrey,

Love the way you’re thinking about Brookfield’s work. Something that came to mind as I read this was Wanda Pillow’s work in reflexivity as a way to trouble our easy stories and understandings in a research process. Your work to consider what you don”t like is what made me think of her intensive look at self-reflexivity. While you’re focusing on teaching, I believe teachers are always engaged in research in their own work in the classroom, which includes thinking about the stories we tell ourselves about what we are doing or what transpired. It may have little to relevance to your process, but I was thinking of you….

Karen

Pillow, W. (2003). Confession, catharsis, or cure? Rethinking the uses of reflexivity as methodological power in qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 16(2), 175–196. doi:10.1080/0951839032000060635