CODA: Opening to Possibility: Reflectivity and Reflexivity in Our Teaching

This commentary explores how teachers can create a culture of tolerance by promoting reflectivity and reflexivity, and considers classroom processes and activities for doing so. Reflectivity is considered to be the use of personal values, experiences, and habits to make meaning and is a central tenet of inquiry approaches: to build understanding, we must first activate prior reflections, then confront and build on prior experiences and knowledge. But also essential is reflexivity—the privileging of the perspective, history, and values of others.