Reflective skills
Reflective Thinking Offers Immediate and Future Benefits
(Get in the habit of recording your reflections on lessons, instruction, and student understanding; what worked, what did not work, what would you change?)
1. Reflecting on learning experiences enhances learning.
2. Reflective thinking increases the ability to analyze and understand classroom events.
3. Reflection enhances the teacher's classroom life by helping him or her establish an inviting, predictable, and thoughtful learning environment.
4. Reflective teachers are self-monitoring which means they can direct their own personal growth.
5. Reflection leads to personal and professional growth and empowers teachers to redesign teaching and the school culture.
(Get in the habit of recording your reflections on lessons, instruction, and student understanding; what worked, what did not work, what would you change?)
1. Reflecting on learning experiences enhances learning.
2. Reflective thinking increases the ability to analyze and understand classroom events.
3. Reflection enhances the teacher's classroom life by helping him or her establish an inviting, predictable, and thoughtful learning environment.
4. Reflective teachers are self-monitoring which means they can direct their own personal growth.
5. Reflection leads to personal and professional growth and empowers teachers to redesign teaching and the school culture.
The Act of Teaching, by D. R. Cruickshank, D. B. Jenkins, and K. K. Metcalf