The Role of Reflection: Improving Our Teaching Practice

Your presenters:Rob Kahlon Jen Dewhurst

Agenda:show and tell

large group discussionwatching 2 videospowerpoint part 1

breakout 1break

powerpoint part 2breakout 2

wrap-up

Show and Tell

Watch 2 short videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shacsdm_kvA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wPaQYWkwdE&feature=related

Discussion:Why is reflective practice important?

Institutions are changing rapidly – they are becoming flexible, adaptive systems

You teach in these rapidly changing institutions

In this constant state of flux, how can you become best teacher you can be?

The power to become a better teacher is within you

Reflective practice enhances your teaching, and enhance your students learning

Reflection results in better understanding, and therefore deeper learning

Single-loop vs. double-loop learning

Single-loop learning

Double-loop learning

Espoused theory vs. theory-in-use

Reflection-in-action vs. reflection-on-action

Reflection-in-action

Reflection-on-action

Breakout 1: barriers to reflectionOpen up the following article:

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/development/reflection.html

Identify an experience where one of the factors listed in the article was a barrier to reflective activity. What could you do to improve the experience?

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Breakout 1 discussion: Identify an experience where one factors listed in the article was a barrier to

reflective activity. What could you do to improve the experience?

Reflective practice has a variety of tools for you

You can choose from many theories of reflective practice

Greenaway

Burton

Gibbs

Kolb

You can choose from many reflective activities

Action research

Case studies

Practical experience

Breakout 2:Brainstorm some methods in which technology

can be used to foster reflective practice.

Use of technology can foster reflection

Thank you and have a good night!

Synthesis question:The show and tell activity caused you to reflect, with intention, upon a prior learning experience.

Did this reflective activity deepen the understanding of that prior learning experience for you?