REFLECTION

REFLECTION

What is it?

"A statement or idea based on deep and careful thought"

"Thinking about teaching and learning"

"Thinking about what happened in your lesson"

Why do it?

*It improves learning and teaching

*It results in continuous improvement and development

*It results in real change and improvement because it comes

from the teacher rather than an occasional visitor from outside of the school

*It gives teachers responsibility for their own professional development

* If is concerned with development rather than judgment

How to do it?

Start by asking yourself questions;

1. What happened in my lesson?

2. Why do I think it happened?

3. What can I do about it?

The basis of evaluation in the course is the teacher's own reflection on the teaching-learning process in their own classroom.

This involves:

*planning the lesson

*using the plan in class

*observing what children do in class

*reflecting on the lesson 

Samples of reflections !!

"I think I paid more attention to one group and neglected the others. I would like to get another teacher into my class to make some observations on this."

"The class were a bit too noisy during the song. I think that the clapping stopped them listening and got them too excited and loud. Next time, I don't think I will encourage them to clap during the song."

"The children were confused which animal was coming next in the song. I think this might be because they were not listening for the name of the animal. Next time, I will tell the children to listen carefully for the name of the animal and I will put the FC in the same order as the song to support their understanding."

"The class were a bit tired and slow in the lesson and I feel that they were not engaged in the reading when I was demonstrating can and can't. I think this was because it was the eighth period. I think that the children were not really concentrating so it would have been better to have moved on to the activity in their class books."

" The children didn't understand what to do. I think this was because they were not concentrating on the demonstration. I noticed that some children were coloring in their books. Next time I will use 123 Stop to get everyone looking and listening and I will get group leaders to put CB in a pile on the table so there are no distractions."

"In the speaking activity, the children were copying each others books instead .of asking and answering questions. Next time I will make it more of a game and get them to hide their answers."