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Reflecting on Your Practice: The Teacher in the Mirror. Elisabeth L. Grinder, Ph.D. Margaret R. Grumm Maria Leonor L. Marvin Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy Pennsylvania State University. Mirror, Mirror on the wall – what in my practice needs my attention most of all?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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REFLECTING ON YOUR PRACTICE:
THE TEACHER IN THE MIRROR
Elisabeth L. Grinder, Ph.D.Margaret R. Grumm
Maria Leonor L. Marvin
Goodling Institute for Research in Family LiteracyPennsylvania State University
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL – WHAT IN MY PRACTICE NEEDS MY ATTENTION
MOST OF ALL?
WHAT IS TEACHER REFLECTION?“A careful review of and thoughtfulness about one’s
own teaching process”.Stronge, J.H. (2007) Qualities of effective teachers, p. 30
It is natural to learn from experiences -- by doing and then reflecting on what happened.John Dewey’s central approach to schooling
Thoughtfully considering one’s own experiences in applying knowledge to practice.
Donald Schon (first introduced concept as way to refine one’s craft)
IN ESSENCE, MODELS OF REFLECTION HELP US TO:
Look at an event
Understand it
Learn from it
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IS A WAY TO DEVELOP:
Greater self-awareness about how you teach
An awareness that provides opportunities for growth and development
WHO IS A TEACHER RESEARCHER?
A person who looks at his/her everyday
practices and asks:
“How could I have done that better?”
“How well is what I am doing working?”
WHY SHOULD I ENGAGE IN TEACHER REFLECTION?
Teachers rate analyzing and seeking to improve their own teaching as an important factor in their teaching effectiveness.
Effective teachers may reflect either formally or informally – but reflection is the key.
Teachers whose students have high achievement rates continually mention reflection as an important part of improving their teaching.
Stronge (2007)
WHAT INFLUENCES THE REFLECTIVE PROCESS?
Preconceptions
Personal beliefs
Your understanding of the events
Cultural beliefs
Individual teaching styles
WHAT DO TEACHER RESEARCHERS DO?
Develop questions based on what they want to learn about their student’s learning and their teaching.
Investigate questions by systematically documenting and collecting data about what happens in the classroom.
Analyze and reflect on the data collected. (keeping in mind their assumptions and beliefs)
WHY IS TEACHER REFLECTION IN THE CLASSROOM
IMPORTANT?
It is empowering to the teacher.
By finding a better and more effective way of teaching, the lives of students are enriched.
TO RAISE NEW QUESTIONS, NEW PROBLEMS, TO REGARD OLD PROBLEMS FROM A NEW ANGLE REQUIRES CREATIVE IMAGINATION AND MAKES REAL ADVANCES
Albert Einstein
FIND SUPPORT FOR YOUR REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
REFLECTION AND PRACTITIONER ACTION RESEARCH (PAR)Research is a high-hat word that scares a lot of people. It needn’t. It’s rather simple. Essentially research is nothing but a state of mind… A friendly, welcoming attitude toward change… going out to look for change instead of waiting for it to come. Research is an effort to do things better and not be caught asleep at the switch. It is the problem-solving mind as contrasted with the let-well-enough-alone mind. It is the tomorrow mind instead of the yesterday mind. -- Charles Kettering
PAR IN NUTSHELL Question Plan Act Reflect on the results Share your results
IF ANALYSIS SEEMS EASY, THEN YOU’VE PROBABLY ONLY FOUND WHAT YOU ALREADY KNEW BEFORE THE PROJECT BEGAN.
Living the Questions , p117
REFLECTION = THE HEART OF PAR ANALYSIS
Technical Reflection
Contextual Reflection
Critical Reflection
PAR REFLECTION
GOOD RESEARCH ANALYSIS RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN THEY
ANSWER.
Living the Questions , p117
REFLECTIVE LEARNING
New perspectives on experience
Change in behaviors or
skillsReadiness for
applicationCommitment to
action
Return to experienceAttend to feelings
Re-evaluate experience
Behaviors
Ideas
Feelings
MOVING THROUGH THE YEAR WITH REFLECTIONResearch informed models that reserve space
and time for reflection during the program year.
PA Family Literacy Sequal: Program Improvement based on PAR
Journaling; portfolio; ePortfolio: documenting your reflective journey
Early Reading First: LLIU13 Head Start & PreK
HOW DOES REFLECTION RELATE TO THE HEAD START PERFORMANCE STANDARDS?
45 CFR 1304.52(k)(2) Training and development...must establish and implement a structured approach to staff training and development... This system should be designed to help build relationships among staff and to assist staff in acquiring or increasing the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill their job responsibilities...
Honestly assess where you need to develop your skills. Everyone has strengths and challenges. Professional development is a lifelong, dynamic process. You will need an array of training experiences to refine your skills. Home Visitor’s Handbook: for the Head Start Home-Based Program Option, p. 29
Your reflection question(s) need to help you set goals that align to Early Head Start child/family outcomes or the Head Start Performance Standards.
REFLECTION SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SIMPLE MATTER THAT WE SOMETIMES FORGET HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO LEADING, TEACHING, LEARNING, AND SOCIAL CHANGE. IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, TO REFLECT IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING-LIKE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR. THE POWER OF REFLECTION COMES WHEN YOU DO MORE THAN JUST GLANCE AT WHAT YOU SEE. IN A LEADERSHIP SITUATION, THE REFLECTION ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, NOT THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF, INCREASES LEADERSHIP SKILL AND ABILITY. DEBRA REN-ETTA SULLIVAN
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION…... URL address…http://www.personal.psu.edu/mlm504/blogs/teacher_in_the_mirror
/
HERE IS EDWARD BEAR, COMING DOWNSTAIRS, NOW, BUMP, BUMP, BUMP, ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD BEHIND CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. IT IS AS FAR AS HE KNOWS THE ONLY WAY OF COMING DOWNSTAIRS,
BUT SOMEWHERE HE FEELS THERE IS ANOTHER WAY, IF ONLY HE COULD STOP FOR A MOMENT AND THINK OF IT.A. A. MILNE