Bracketing/Reflexivity/Role/Reflection

It seems all the qualitative research books discuss the importance of the researcher sharing her perspective as the study begins. This practice goes by several names, but the general idea is to share your experiences, biases, and assumptions right up front. As I was outlining this section (will it turn into a chapter?) I kept focusing on the things I "ought to" include. I'm not sure when it occurred to me, but the researcher's perspective/bracketing/disclosure (whatever you want to call it) is very much like the Reflective Element in portfolio authoring. Admittedly, the bracketing section is done first where a reflection on a portfolio artifact is typically done at the end. I think I need to make this explicit in my bracketing section - it's like a reflection - but at the beginning. I think it might also help to frame the entire study. Hmmmm....