How reflective am I?
First of all, although all we know reflection is inherent to human beings it is also true that it is not easy to auto evaluate and recognize what we do wrong. Especially in our case, where most of the time as teachers we tend to think students are responsible when a class is not what we expect.
To be honest, reflection hasn’t been part of my professional life. I recognize I don´t take enough time to reflect on what I’m or what I do as teacher. Many times I just think on how classes went on or what was not what I planned, or maybe I change some strategies or activities in class, but I consider it not reflection at all. Maybe this sounds like an excuse but my duties as teacher, mom and wife don’t let me too much time to reflect in the way I should do it.
Then, I consider myself in the middle of the process of being a good reflective practitioner. I mean, I know my strengths and my weaknesses, I prepare classes, I know my students, I’m aware there are some situations in class difficult to manage,I recognize there are some things to improve and I try to implement new strategies and activities in class. However, to make a conscious deeper analysis on all those aspects is not part of daily routine.
Today, thanks to a course like this, I know it is important to take time and reflect upon all those issues, making a deeper analysis, in order to find new ways that allow me improving my practice.
First of all, although all we know reflection is inherent to human beings it is also true that it is not easy to auto evaluate and recognize what we do wrong. Especially in our case, where most of the time as teachers we tend to think students are responsible when a class is not what we expect.
To be honest, reflection hasn’t been part of my professional life. I recognize I don´t take enough time to reflect on what I’m or what I do as teacher. Many times I just think on how classes went on or what was not what I planned, or maybe I change some strategies or activities in class, but I consider it not reflection at all. Maybe this sounds like an excuse but my duties as teacher, mom and wife don’t let me too much time to reflect in the way I should do it.
Then, I consider myself in the middle of the process of being a good reflective practitioner. I mean, I know my strengths and my weaknesses, I prepare classes, I know my students, I’m aware there are some situations in class difficult to manage,I recognize there are some things to improve and I try to implement new strategies and activities in class. However, to make a conscious deeper analysis on all those aspects is not part of daily routine.
Today, thanks to a course like this, I know it is important to take time and reflect upon all those issues, making a deeper analysis, in order to find new ways that allow me improving my practice.
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