Geeks, Gurus and Gadgets

Reflective practise is an important part of being a teacher in today's schools. If done right, it can transform teaching ability. In this blog post, I critically examine my current process of reflective practise. What do I currently do? I have always considered myself to be a relatively reflective teacher and most of my reflection, I believe, occurs while in the teaching moment - "the thinking while doing" type of reflection as outlined by Schon in Finlay (2008). The ability to think on your feet and change and modify lessons, during those lessons, is something that I think most teachers learn through experience. Often, our students and their needs change, and reflective teachers adapt and adjust with these changes. A few years ago, our school began including reflection time as part of our syndicate meetings. Whereby each teacher would write up reflections about their teacher inquiries and focus students during these meetings. We had found, previous to this decision...