This is an outline of Stephen Brookfield's 'four lenses' theory of reflective practice. The four lenses, for the record, are: "student feedback, emotions, behaviour patterns, peer insights, theory." The idea is that learning from diverse forms of evidence creates "stronger, more credible reflections." The diversity part makes a lot of sense to me. Calling these forms of evidence 'lenses' does not. The use is at best metaphorical, though I fear people take it literally, like this: "Each lens refracts our teaching differently, offering a unique hue in the spectrum. Where these colours converge or contrast, we begin to see the fuller pattern of our work. Using diverse forms of evidence is like adjusting how the prism catches the light - subtle shifts that reveal deeper detail, sharpening our understanding of what our teaching truly looks like in practice."
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