Theory
Reflection-in-action
Explore in the Atlas →Schön's account of professional knowing as a 'reflective conversation with the situation' in which the practitioner frames a problem, makes a move, attends to the situation's back-talk and reframes; advanced as the epistemology of the design studio against mid-century 'technical rationality'.
Pedagogy Knowledge Time
Details
- Introduced
- 1983
Connections
- reacted against The Ulm model (scientific operationalism)
Referenced by
- Educating the Reflective Practitioner articulates
- Donald Schön proposed
- The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action articulates
- Signature pedagogies extends
- Helena Webster critiqued
Sources
- Schön, Donald A. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. Basic Books, 1983.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Reflection-in-action." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/reflection-in-action/. Accessed July 17, 2026.