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Re: Good reflective practice in teaching: how realistic is it?

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Re: Good reflective practice in teaching: how realistic is it?

LindaH — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:03:25 -0000

I've found keeping a brief reflective journal a fairly realistic way of dealing with this. I find using the headings, What? So What? Now What?, quite helpful. With this method I look back over a morning or afternoon session quickly noting the "Aha!" moments when something clicks or when I realised something was going wrong. Then later I return to these brief notes and work on whichever seems the most important to me. Sometimes I use Gibbs Reflective Cycle to delve into it further.

Re: Good reflective practice in teaching: how realistic is it?

Guest — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:37:07 -0000

Thanks for your comment Mary. I do get observed now and then, although you are right, in the private sector the observation system very much depends on the school.

I was actually referring to personal reflection rather than peer observation, which, I think, is essential. I have blatantly stolen some of my best techniques from other teachers.

Personal reflection as an integral part of our daily practice: do we have time to set aside and hour for just this purpose? or do we just do it subconsciously as we go along?

Re: Good reflective practice in teaching: how realistic is it?

Mary Cooch — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:07:05 -0000

We're observed teaching as part of our performance management process and also are observed and do peer observations as part of our departmental SEF (though the large number of observations is a delicate issue at the mo) and we have to dissect our teaching afterwards in a post mortem with our line-manger/colleagues - this, while stressful in the observation, does force us to be reflective in a much more official way. I'm thinking you might work in the private sector and maybe you don't have these processes?