becoming a reflective teacher
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Becoming AReflectiveTeacher
http://setiteachers.ning.com
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?
ReferencesKameen, Paul. Essays Towards a Rhetoric of Pedagogy. Pittsburgh, PA: U of
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Rogers, Carl. On Becoming A Person, N.Y. , N.Y, Houghton Mifflin, 1995
Taggart, Germaine, Promoting Reflective Teaching in Teachers, Thousand Oaks, CA, Corwin Press, 2005
Wright, T. (1987) Understanding Classroom Role Relationships, Roles of Teachers and Learners, Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press.