Overview

What do we mean by reflective practice? What does it involve? How can it help you develop as a teacher? The Reflective Practice Handbook supports student and beginning teachers as you progress your teaching, learning and career. It shows you how to effectively engage in reflective practice, how to structure professional development, and how to build a portfolio of evidence-informed practice. Reflective practice has been identified as an essential professional attribute of all teachers yet how do we nurture it, how can we recognise it in our own teaching and in that of others, and what might we learn through engaging with the process? This book grapples with these questions, demystifying the complex issues involved and providing an innovative, straight-forward framework to help you plan and structure your professional development and demonstrate your capacity and commitment. It guides you through: what we mean by reflective practice and professional development studying your own teaching for personal improvement evaluating your own teaching through classroom research linking theory to your own practice testing personal beliefs and theory trying out new strategies and ideas enhancing the quality of your own teaching and pupil learning continuing to improve your teaching. Embedded throughout are challenging questions, case studies, reflective tasks and learning strategies for teaching pupils in twenty first century schools, all underpinned by concepts advanced by key theorists, contemporary researchers and practitioners within the field. The Reflective Practice Handbook encourages and supports your professional growth and enquiry as you gather, record and document evidence of informed practice. It is an essential source of advice, guidance and ideas for all student and beginning teachers who want to continue to improve learning and teaching.

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Author:   Paula Nadine Zwozdiak-Myers
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780415597586

ISBN 10:   0415597587
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   03 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9781032308890
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Part One: Reflective Practice for Professional Development: Framing the construct 1. Reflective Practice: captured, framed and defined 2. Qualitative Distinctions in reflective practice Part Two: Dimensions of Reflective Practice 3. Dimenson 1 - Study your own teaching for personal improvement 4. Dimension 2 - Systematically evaluate your own teaching through classroom research procedures 5. Dimension 3 - Link theory with your own practice 6. Dimension 4 - Question your personal theories and beliefs 7. Dimension 5 - Consider alternative perspectives and possibilities 8. Dimension 6 - Try out new strategies and ideas 9. Dimension 7 - Maximise the learning potential of all your pupils 10. Dimension 8 - Enhance the quality of your own teaching 11. Dimension 9 - Continue to improve your own teaching Appendix A Appendix B

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Paula Zwozdiak-Myers is Course Director for the Secondary Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Brunel University, UK.

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