Reflecting on Teaching
What is component 4A?
Teachers need to reflecting on if their instruct has allowed for optimized student learning. This reflection should then be used to guide future teaching. This allows teachers to know what teaching methods are successful, and where they should be putting their time and effort. Over time, teachers become better and better at gauging students are learning and what they should be doing based on this information.
Why do you need it?
Reflecting on teaching allows instruction to be focused on the learner and their progress. The teacher should be looking at student learning and engagement to see if how they are teaching is best for students. If it does not seem to be working, the teacher is then able to change their approach in efforts to reach students.
What are the elements?
Accuracy: As teachers gain experience, their reflects will become increasingly accurate. They will also become better at finding specific aspects of their instruction that support conclusions they reach during reflection.
Use in future teaching: It is not enough for a teacher to simply reflect on a lesson, but they also need to act from this. Reflection is so important because it allows teachers to know how they can change their lesson or techniques in order to improve their teaching.
In the classroom:
*Invite other teachers into your classroom to observe your teaching and offer feedback.
*Keep a reflective journal where you can take quick notes.
*A teacher looks back on lesson plans and how students performed on assessment. If it seems a certain approach was specifically unsuccessful, the teacher should consider making changes in the future.
*A teacher group of teachers gather to discuss what teaching techniques have worked well in their classrooms. Teachers may even choose to read academic journals to gain knowledge from fellow educators.
What is component 4A?
Teachers need to reflecting on if their instruct has allowed for optimized student learning. This reflection should then be used to guide future teaching. This allows teachers to know what teaching methods are successful, and where they should be putting their time and effort. Over time, teachers become better and better at gauging students are learning and what they should be doing based on this information.
Why do you need it?
Reflecting on teaching allows instruction to be focused on the learner and their progress. The teacher should be looking at student learning and engagement to see if how they are teaching is best for students. If it does not seem to be working, the teacher is then able to change their approach in efforts to reach students.
What are the elements?
Accuracy: As teachers gain experience, their reflects will become increasingly accurate. They will also become better at finding specific aspects of their instruction that support conclusions they reach during reflection.
Use in future teaching: It is not enough for a teacher to simply reflect on a lesson, but they also need to act from this. Reflection is so important because it allows teachers to know how they can change their lesson or techniques in order to improve their teaching.
In the classroom:
*Invite other teachers into your classroom to observe your teaching and offer feedback.
*Keep a reflective journal where you can take quick notes.
*A teacher looks back on lesson plans and how students performed on assessment. If it seems a certain approach was specifically unsuccessful, the teacher should consider making changes in the future.
*A teacher group of teachers gather to discuss what teaching techniques have worked well in their classrooms. Teachers may even choose to read academic journals to gain knowledge from fellow educators.
Resources:
Conversation. (2017). [image] Available at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/blur-cellphone-close-up-conversation-401684/ [Accessed 28 Nov. 2017].
PDE SAS. (2011). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument. [online] Available at: http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf [Accessed 28 Nov. 2017].
Conversation. (2017). [image] Available at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/blur-cellphone-close-up-conversation-401684/ [Accessed 28 Nov. 2017].
PDE SAS. (2011). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument. [online] Available at: http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf [Accessed 28 Nov. 2017].