Education: Reflective Practice and How It Is Used in Teaching/Instruction
Education: Reflective practice and how it is used in Teaching/Instruction
Chontella Young, MA
Reflective practice helps people understand the connection between what they do and how they might enhance their effectiveness. Reflective practice plays a crucial role in learning and teaching. Schools encourage reflective practice while teaching and learning. Teachers can reflect on their own or reflect with other educators (Ghaye, 2011). Ghaye has examined reflective practice and identified various benefits associated with reflective practice. Reflective practice enables a person to develop new ideas and understanding that assists them in improving their actions. Reflect practice refers to the ability to reflect on actions in order to facilitate continuous learning. People pay attention to values and theories that inform their daily actions. This results to developmental insights. Reflective practice is important in practice based professional learning. It enables individuals to learn from their experience as professionals. In education, teachers can reflect on their own or with co workers (Monica, 2011).
In individual reflective practice, educators reflect a wide range of things on their own. They reflect on their own teaching methods and determine which method work best for learners. In addition, the teachers determine the effect of classroom procedures on learners. Teaching and learning are complicated, and there is not appropriate method for teaching and learning. Therefore, reflecting on the different methods of teaching and experiences helps improve teaching practices. Reflective practice moves educators from a knowledge base of different skills to a state where they are able to modify their skills to suit different situations. Moreover, teachers can talk to their coworkers about education problems. They can talk with their colleagues during free time or weekly meetings. Educators can discuss teaching methods and
Chontella Young, MA
Reflective practice helps people understand the connection between what they do and how they might enhance their effectiveness. Reflective practice plays a crucial role in learning and teaching. Schools encourage reflective practice while teaching and learning. Teachers can reflect on their own or reflect with other educators (Ghaye, 2011). Ghaye has examined reflective practice and identified various benefits associated with reflective practice. Reflective practice enables a person to develop new ideas and understanding that assists them in improving their actions. Reflect practice refers to the ability to reflect on actions in order to facilitate continuous learning. People pay attention to values and theories that inform their daily actions. This results to developmental insights. Reflective practice is important in practice based professional learning. It enables individuals to learn from their experience as professionals. In education, teachers can reflect on their own or with co workers (Monica, 2011).
In individual reflective practice, educators reflect a wide range of things on their own. They reflect on their own teaching methods and determine which method work best for learners. In addition, the teachers determine the effect of classroom procedures on learners. Teaching and learning are complicated, and there is not appropriate method for teaching and learning. Therefore, reflecting on the different methods of teaching and experiences helps improve teaching practices. Reflective practice moves educators from a knowledge base of different skills to a state where they are able to modify their skills to suit different situations. Moreover, teachers can talk to their coworkers about education problems. They can talk with their colleagues during free time or weekly meetings. Educators can discuss teaching methods and