Students and teachers reported reflecting on challenging events —
captured by Julie (teacher) as ‘the crunch moments’. This equates
with Dewey's (1933) description of reflective thinking as involving
a state of doubt or difficulty which then initiates reflection. Importantly,
it is this, along with actively searching for a solution and trying
to make sense of an experience that Dewey suggests differentiates
reflective thinking from other sorts of thinking.