1. Using the experiential learningcycle to promote reflective teaching Ivan Aguilar

2. Our objective To describe the experiential learning cycle and its application to promote reflective teaching.

3. Our expectations Write one or two expectations you have for this workshop. Share it with a colleague. Our expectations for this workshop My Name Expectations

4. An experience with the experientiallearning cycle Now we are going to visit a teachers classroom and observe his lesson. Well complete a series of tasks based on our observation. Of course, well do it artificially through a video.

5. Observing and taking notes Classroom events (What the Comments Teacher/Students do/say)

6. Video viewing

7. SharingCompare your notes and comments with a partner.Your goal is to get as much information as possibleabout the lesson you observed.

8. Analyzing the lesson/Creating an action Plan Questions Answers Analysis Notes What might students behavior indicate? What seemed to help/hinder students learning? Why? How? Step1 How did the teacher affect the students learning? Based on what you know about teaching/learning a language, what can you say about what helps learning? Action Plan/ If you were the teacher What might you do differently the next time? What guidelines can you set for yourself Step 2 when teaching? What questions do you have that you would like to work on? What would you like to do in your lesson to address these issues?

9. The experiential learning cycle. Matching task 1.Experience 4.Action 2.Description Plan 3. Analysis

10. To sum up Stage Information Experience (Classroom Events) Description What teacher and Students do and say Dont mix up the events with your own reactions Analysis What helped/hinder learning What I know about teaching and learning What theory says about teaching and learning Action Plan What to do to overcome the problems/puzzles

11. Pointers The experiential learing cycle can be used for a wide range of learning experiences. It is not only for classroom observation. The cycle isnt necessarily linear. There are times in which we might need to go back and review the information we collected.

12. My own action plan Using what youve learned through this workshop, what are two actions you can take to reflect on your teaching?

13. To wrap up In what ways were your expectations fulfilled? Whats something you would google or research after this presentation?

14. Thanks Special thanks to Mary Scholl. Director of the SIT TESOL in Costa Rica