Criticisms of Cruickshank's Reflective Teaching are described by Killen as ill- founded and indicative of a narrow view of the technique. Killen asserts that the real limitationsto Reflective Teaching are the supervising teacher educator's po tential lack of insight and enthusiasm. He counters the criticism that Reflective Teaching is artificial or engenders a technocratic rationality.
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