Okay - so reflective practice has always come naturally to me but usually for reflecting on negative consequences. I used to find that I would think something like "I should have done it this way" or "I should have thought of that BEFORE I did that". However, my reflective practice evolved to more positive experiences as a consequence of teaching Information Literacy workshops. It would appear that reflection and teaching complement each other very well and naturally lend themselves to each other. Reflective practice before, during and after teaching enables me to determine:
- what went well
- what went badly
- what could be improved
- what content could be added or removed
- what teaching styles are best
- differences in learning styles
- never to assume knowledge
- how to approach students with different levels of academic ability
Despite recommendations that keeping a reflective diary is good practice I still haven't managed to do so. Even the electronic versions still haven't tempted me. However, on reflection, perhaps this would be a good idea!
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