A reflective practitioner is hence always aware of his / her emotional state and also deliberates upon it from time to time to get better results. Let us take an example here. A teacher having taught the children independence day with traditional chalk-board or lecture method may reflect upon later and feel it would have been better if s/he used some other innovative method to teach such a topic of emotional connect for Indians and this dissatisfaction leads her /him to re-teach the lesson through arranging for a movie on freedom straggle for the kids (to make learning joyful and more fun). Here the teacher has clearly reflected upon the choice of methods based on her own felt and observed emotions and feelings. Thus being reflective practitioners …show more content…
The biggest benefit is that it leads to real transformative learning and not just informative. It leads to the stakeholders taking initiatives for improvement, develop their professional identity and improve their level of commitment towards work and values and also it helps on enhancing tacit knowledge. Since reflection also involves feedback component, it has the advantage of letting the forces of social interaction play in and lead to more collaborative and sharing environment of …show more content…
Hence the teacher often feels scared to practice reflection in his/her practice as it requires freedom, time and space on his part. Apart from fear of judgment, other psychological factors such as mindsets, lack of motivation or desire to improve, laziness, lack of interest, professional rivalries, lack of critical thinking and courage to question underlying assumptions, etc all hinder the facilitation of reflective
Introduction: Reflection is a part of daily process of learning and thinking. As stated by Jasper, (2003), the reflection is “…the way that we learn from an experience in order to understand and develop practice”. It is useful in dealing with challenges and can be used as a tool for personal and professional development. Moreover, a convoluted process of writing experiences and learning from any event and understanding of its usefulness in future is, defined as Reflective writing. The theoretical model which is often used as a framework for reflective writing was created by Professor Graham Gibbs (1988) and is known as Gibb’s reflective cycle.
With reflection it is important that the individual is honest, which needs to be reflected in written record keeping, this enables others to easily understand what has occurred (Williams et al, 2012). Reflective practice is mainly used to assist nurses and healthcare professionals to gain an
Reflective Practice in the Early Years Tools for Practitioners 1. Introduction “We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.” -John Dewey- You have probably heard the term “reflective practice”, but do you really know what this means?
As you can see from my time line “Reflective supervisor is a supervisor that creates a safe and welcoming space for staff members to reflect on and learn from their work a trusted mentor/supervisor at their side”. (Heffron & Murch, 2010, p. 5). I think that I showed this in the following way. I am supporting staff member’s development, providing a “secure Base”, maintaining the programs ideals and standards, facilitating open communication and effecting team functioning and providing program leadership. I made sure that my observations were at the same time and I gave the teacher time to reflect.
CULTIVATING REFLECTION-IN-ACTION & REFLECTION-ON-ACTION Reflection is loosely defined as the way we learn from an experience in order to understand and develop practice. Reflection is a means of processing thoughts and feelings about an incident, and gives us a chance to come to terms with our thoughts and feelings about it. For example, if something did not go the way you wanted it, we would tend to reflect on it by asking ourselves questions such as why did it go wrong and how did it go wrong. John Dewey’s theory of Reflective Practice John Dewey (1933) was among the first to identify reflection as a specialised form of thinking.
Description Reflection is a necessary component in learning to regulate opinion, feelings, and actions. Reflection links experience and knowledge by providing an opportunity to explore areas of concern in a critical way and to make adjustments based on these reflections (Knowles Z., Tyler G., 2006). I will be using the Gibbs G (1988) Learning by Doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods (Davies S., 2012).
Academic success to me is achieving good grades and understanding the material to get good grades. Academic success also means to have an good attendance. I already get mostly A’s and B’s, but I am not good at staying on top of things. To improve my academic success I will attend class more often, be more organized, pay attention in class, and not procrastinate.
“…the way that we learn from an experience in order to Understand and develop practice” (Jasper 2003) Reflection is a way of going through thoughts and feelings about an incident, or a challenging day and gives us a chance
But put simply reflection is merely a process to; help us understand the links between what we do (what we can call our practice) and how we might improve our effectiveness (by developing our practice) (Ghaye, Tony 2010) Reflection was first introduced to me through the Microteaching facility. Here the reflection is based on three ten minute lectures, and incorporates personal, peer and expert
Reflective Learning Owen (2011) Boyd (1983) define reflective learning as a cognitive process that involves analyzing a past or present experience, which create new meaning and insight about the experience and result in changed in conceptual perspective. The focus of reflective learning is to understand the experiential learning process. According to Kolb’s (1984) reflective model, reflection is a crucial element that initiates transformation within the learning process. Without reflection, an individual would not learn from their experience, they will continue in an endless cycle of experiences with the same emotion, behavior and practice.
It is essential to become ‘reflective practitioners’ as this will help to identify and affirm values and beliefs. Resources: A teacher needs to be resourceful. It is essential for teachers to be able to devise his/her own resources to make teaching and learning an engaging process and to prevent monotony from setting in.
This reflection helps in the understanding of why things happen the way they do or how it effects my thought process. It is about going beyond the general concept of things and into the root of the idea. The development of such concepts allows me to ask the
Reflecting on Legal Writing As an English major, I am used to writing essays based on creative analysis where I can manipulate the essay topic around what I’m trying to convey. However, with legal writing, I found that the assignments required a straightforward analysis constructed around only the facts provided in the cases in order to effectively address what the legal audience needs. Truthfully, I found this class to be a bit like driving a car. It was difficult at first, but with practice I found myself getting more comfortable with legal writing. I forgot the rules a few times and made some errors, but I have successfully learned a new skill even though there is still much room for improvement.
I can consider my professional development experience in two parts: Before I became a teacher and after I became a teacher. During my teacher education at university I used to imagine myself as the teacher of that lesson and I used to try to draw some tips for my future job. I observed my teachers’ way of teaching, their rapport with students and their reactions. I always commented on why or why not they behave in that specific way and search for examples to be applied in my future job as a teacher. I believe that these observations provided me with some valuable and conclusive clues for my job.
Being a teacher is a journey that has much to do with learning about yourself and being aware that what happens in your classroom reflects only on how are you with yourself. Teachers are not conscious that they project into students, and that affects how things go in the classroom. I believe the first characteristic of a good teacher is that he/ she is always willing to analyze his/her teaching performance. Second the teacher is humble enough to receive input about the development and application of techniques, learning from it and improving.