Reflection

Reflecting on Your Observations Enables you to grow Think, Pair, and Share: –How do you expect to benefit from your observations? –What are your goals?

Reflection Experience + Reflection = Growth Think about the experience What does the experience mean How did it feel Where might it lead What will you do about it

Reflective Teachers Actively, persistently, and carefully consider and reconsider beliefs and practices Act in deliberate and intentional ways Devise new ways of teaching Interpret new experiences from a fresh perspective

Parts of the Reflective Logs Heading –Name –School Name –Date of Field Experience –Time Spent –Classes Observed Sequence of Events –Brief list of what happened –Write this as soon as possible

Parts of Reflective Logs (cont.) Elaboration of Two Significant Episodes –Bothers you, excites you, causes you to rethink something, validates thoughts –Need Four Features Teacher Learner Subject Matter Context

Four Features Teacher –Kind of person s/he is –Role –Tasks faced in classroom Learners –What learners know –Cultural background –Treatment of learners – individual or group –Use fastest, middle, or slower learners to set pace –How are reluctant students helped

Four Features (cont.) Subject Matter –Facts and concepts –Thinking process –Physical skills –Values, feelings –Breadth vs. depth Context –Physical and social environment of classroom –Background of learners and teacher –Time available for teaching

Parts of Reflective Logs (cont.) Analysis of Episodes –Feelings About Episodes –Thoughts About Episodes –Questions Raised –What You Learned What works? What doesn’t work? Confirm your beliefs/ideas?