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# 1. The notion of the critical friend The assignment will be structured as follows: first I shall make a review of the literature to understand the concept of the critical friend. Afterwards I shall reflect on my experience of acting as both observer and observed on one occasion with the critical friend. Finally I shall reflect on my strengths and areas of development and draw several conclusions. Definition "Critical friendship is a model of individual and collective action research that champions the co-construction of knowledge through collegial inquiry, conversation, and collaborative reflection within a climate of mutual vulnerability and risk-taking, trust and support" (Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 1991; Bullough, Knowles, & Crow, 1991). The role of critical friends has been introduced in many educational systems as a learning scheme that provides feedback to an individual (Costa and Kallick, 1993). The critical friends technique helps teacher to take a different view their teaching practice and critically...

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