Becoming A Reflective Teacher .

Becoming AReflectiveTeacher

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WHO ARE YOU?

“All change begins with the notion of self”

Today we will…..

Think about what is a good lesson / teacher.

Share our own thoughts about teaching.

Watch videos and analyze lessons.

Understand the need to “think about our teaching and reflect.

WHO ARE YOU?“He not busy being born is busy dying”

More control and we become empowered.

Why “think about” your lesson?

Bob Dylan

We gain “voice”.

Classrooms become more democratic

We see the “ideology” behind teaching.

Teaching becomes connective.

We see ourselves as “growing”

HolyCOW!

A Great

Lesson

Students

ContentClassroom

Teachers

Other Delivery

There’s A LOT to a lesson

The Reflective Process

Methods

Philosophical

Principles

The Reflective Cycle

Problem

Reflection

SolutionAction

Decision

Some Questions

If so – you have

already started!

Some More Questions

If so, you are ready

to change!

An Action Plan:

1. What areas of change

have I identified?

(What is the problem?)

Poor pacing in my lessons

Pacing

KWL

An Action Plan

2. What do I

need to know?

(what necessary information is needed?)

Follow and time the lesson plan

An Action Plan

3. How will I know

I am making improvements?

(What change should happen?)

I will finish the lesson on time – every stage finished.

An Action Plan

4. When will I

finish the process?

(What is the goal?)

When I consistently finish my lessons on time.

An Action Plan

5. What difference

did I make?

(What changed in the classroom/students?)

The students got more work done and in a timely manner.

Practical “To Dos”

Make comments in your teaching log!

Keep a teaching portfolio.

Peer evaluation – get your staff onboard

Get feedback from students.Record yourself! + Action Research!

Social Network! + Teaching Talk!Ask yourself at the end of the day –

“How could I have done this better?

[email protected]

“one teaches, two learn.”

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Taggart, Germaine, Promoting Reflective Teaching in Teachers, Thousand Oaks, CA, Corwin Press, 2005

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