Reflection from Islamic Perspective

1. Reflection ‫انعکاس‬
By
Aafiyat Nazar
Professional Development Teacher
AKU-IED-PDCN
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4. Reflection ‫انعکاس‬

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6. Activity
Write names of three things you like the most.
(please exclude religious books and practices)
Write names of three things you don’t like
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7. What is reflection?
• “To think about what one is doing whilst one
is doing it; it is typically stimulated by surprise,
by something which puzzled the practitioner
concerned”(Greenwood, 1993).
• “The process of creating and clarifying the
meanings of experiences in terms of self in
relation to both self and world. The outcome
of this process is changed conceptual
perspectives” (Boyd & Fales, 1983pp101)
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8. Reflection
• Questioning what, why and how
• Seeking alternatives
• Identifying problems and suggestions
• Viewing application, implementation &
implication
• Self evaluation and feedback
• Future plan 8

9. Types of reflection
• Reflection before action.
• Reflection during action
• Reflection after action.
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10. Objectives of reflection
• To identify strengths and weakness
• Professional growth development
• To create self awareness
• To improve skills (decision making, problem solving etc.)
• To make teaching and learning interesting
• To analyze achievements and failures
• To be creative and innovative
• To review and re-teach
• To record events
• Suggestion for better understanding
• Bringing action into consciousness
• Reinterpreting the knowledge & skills
• Rethinking ,revising, redoing
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11. What to reflect on?
Inside the classroom
• Teaching skills and strategies
• Student-teacher interaction and relationship
• Student-student(s) interaction and relationship
• Teaching and subject matter
• Resources and teaching aids
• Lesson planning, activities and method
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12. • Today’s activity: What important
task you performed today and
how well or bed it turned up?
What were its’ implication?
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13. • Think about any significant event
of your life +ve or –ve which has
influenced you or others?
10 minutes
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