Reflective teaching

EXPERIENCE IS THE GREATEST TEACHER

Ainee Shehzad
Karachi Grammar School
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Reflection for Enriching Education

EXPERIENCE
IS THE REFLECTION
FOR
GREATEST TEACHER

ONLY ENRICHING
IF WE EDUCATION
REFLECT
ON THAT
EXPERIENCE

Ainee Shehzad Karachi Grammar School
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ACTIVITY

I AM……

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TEACHING STYLE

A means of
A coping with
repertoire many of the
of teaching routine
strategies demands of
teaching.

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MOVING BEYOND

Observing
Achieving and
a higher reflecting
level of on one‟s
awareness own
teaching

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CRITICAL REFLECTION

WHAT WHY HOW

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REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
A deliberate pause,
a purposeful slowing down,
to allow for
higher-level thinking processes.

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REFLECTIVE TEACHING

Vygotsky (1962)
The Reflective
The patient Teacher
parent

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QUALITIES OF A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER

Reflects on and learns from
experience

Engages in ongoing inquiry

Solicits feedback

Remains open to alternative
perspectives
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QUALITIES OF A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER

Takes action to align with new
knowledge and understandings

Is committed to continuous
improvement in practice

Strives to align behaviors with
values and beliefs

Seeks to discover what is true

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ACTIVITY
WANTED
A Reflective Practitioner
A person who is inherently curious; someone who doesn't have all
the answers and isn't afraid to admit it; someone who is confident
enough in his or her ability to accept challenges in a non-defensive
manner; someone who is secure enough to make his or her thinking
public and therefore subject to discussion; someone who is a good
listener; someone who likes other people and trusts them to make
the right decisions if given the opportunity; someone who is able to
see things from another's perspective and is sensitive to the needs
and feelings of others; someone who is able to relax and lean back
and let others assume the responsibility of their own learning. Some
experience desirable but not as important as the ability to learn
from mistakes (Osterman & Kottkamp, 1993).
Activity Directions:
• 1. List all the qualities that are sought in this want ad.
• 2. Which ones do you possess?
• 3. Which one is your greatest strength?
• 4. Which one is your biggest challenge?

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THE REFLECTIVE CYCLE

APPLY DO

LEARN REVIEW

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BLOOM‟S TAXONOMY

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THREE ESSENTIAL ATTITUDES OF REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONERS

Open-mindedness Responsibility Wholeheartedness.

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REFLECTING ON………

What am I doing?

Why am I doing it?

Is it effective?

How do I know its effective?

How can I improve?
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REFLECTING ON……

How am I going to
How are the use the new How will the
How will I gauge
students teaching/assessment students react to
strategies in my their learning?
responding? it??
classroom?

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LEVELS OF REFLECTION

SURFACE REFLECTION

PEDAGOGICAL
REFLECTION

CRITICAL REFLECTION
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DIFFERENT APPROACHES

Self Peer Written
observation observation accounts

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SELF OBSERVATION

Self-observation
Verbal Flow observation
Checklist

The Reflective
Teacher‟s
Tool-kit

CCI Questionnaire Video Self Observation

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ADVANTAGES OF WRITTEN ACCOUNTS

It isn't just
that writing a Making journal
The act of
journal writing a part
putting pen to
stimulates Writing things of our routine
paper (or
thought - it down in a means that we
finger to
Record to look allows us to journal also do actually
keyboard)
back on look at allows us to take time out
engages our
ourselves, our 'clear our to reflect on
brains. To
feelings, and minds‟ what might be
write we have
our actions in happening in
to think.
a different our practice
way.

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PEER OBSERVATION
Each participant would
both observe and be
Pre-observation
observed working in a
pair

Activities

The observation Post-observation

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LONG TERM BENEFITS OF PEER OBSERVATION
TO THE DEPARTMENT

“Some useful
“It helped me “ We shared our
broader issues
develop a better resources, thus
came up during post
working relationship saving a lot of
observation
with a colleague.” time.”
discussions.”

“I discovered “ There is a feeling
“ I feel there is more
activities that of increased
collegiality in the
worked well with goodwill in the
department.”
the other class.” department.”

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ACTIVITY

I AM LOOKING TO……

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BENEFITS OF REFLECTION

Awareness about the improving the kind of
support we provide our students.

It is a valuable tool for self-evaluation and
professional growth.

Brings about changes in our thoughts

Makes us more aware of the limited range of
teaching strategies that we may have been using.

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PARTING REFLECTIONS

Do you always find time to reflect on your lessons?

Do you consider what went right as well as what went less well?

Do you ask yourself „why did it go like that?‟ and try to establish
sound learning points that you can apply in future teaching?

Do you deliberately try to learn from one lesson how to improve
the next?

Do you seek out opportunities to talk about your teaching with
those who might help?

Are you able to give yourself a „medal and a mission‟ after each
lesson however well or badly it went?

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Teaching is too demanding to expect teachers to
be reflective. What do you think?

What things do you do automatically in the
classroom without consciously thinking about
them?

How have your past educational experiences
influenced your understanding of yourself as a
teacher?

What acts to constrain your view of what is
possible in teaching?

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