Reflective Teaching

DIRECTIONS:  Based on the questions posed by Richars & Lockhart (2007) in " Exploring teachers´ beliefs ", in your own blog write down you own: Beliefs about English Beliefs about learning Beliefs about teaching Beliefs about teaching as a profession Beliefs about the program and the curriculum Beliefs about English: In my opinion, some people think that they are being forced to learn this language due to the fact that  most of the countries in the world speak English. Furthermore, that is the reason while young kids should learn it from the early eage. Beliefs about learning: learning is a process in which people acquire knowledge through some classes and some experiences in people lives. In addition, this process never ends beacuse we are all the time getting in touch with new things in life. Beliefs about teaching:  I believe that teaching is the output after doing input which is learning. I'm saying this because when we teach something, we mu...

DIRECTIONS: Watch the video " Shaping the way we teach English -Reflective Teaching  ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKVTh6HG-T4 ) ," and give an account of the characteristics of the participating teachers´ reflective practices.  Based on what participants said in the video, their reflective practices are not different to the ones that we implement these days. One of them was talking about giving more emphasis on having conversation with students in order to give them some feedback just to let them improve what they are doing. Another one was talking about asking for help. This situation is really a big deal thanks to some learners are too shy to talk in public and they afraid of making a mistake in front of the classroom. As a result, the teacher looked fo new alternatives to solve this problematic and she made students gain confidence at least to ask her for help, for an advice or just to ask for information.

According to the reading "Teacher development through reflectuve teaching" and I have been living through these weeks teaching in my classroom, I have noticed some potential solutions based on I have read. As a way of implementing a solution, I chosed some elements from the cycle for the process of reflective teaching. Mapping: while I was oberserving, I noticed that one kid from the back of the clasroom never did something and never let students work. So, I have been thinking about it and I will think about a plan to implement to change his mind but first, I need to take some notes as a diary to have some proofs of his behaviour. In addition, this diary is going to let me know about how I act in front of this situation. Informing: I have talked to my advisor and she told me that I should talk to her baout this situation so, I'm going to show her my notes in the diary in order to have some ideas to put into practice in the classroom. After doing this, it comes Act...

1) What is reflection?  It is the process of thinking, questioning and decision making. 2) How important is reflective teaching? Reflective teaching  inspires you not only what happened, it makes you think about why it happened. If teachers explain a topic to their students, they need to know why they are doing that. 3) What is the reflection cycle? This cycle is based on 4 steps: -Thinking: Consists on deliveration. -Ask questions: it makes you think about solving problems and resolving conflicts. -Act -Reflect 4) What is reflection? It is when people think about something. In our case, as a teachers, there two types: - Reflection on action: When teachers are able to think and question actions after they have already occured. - Reflection in action: when teachers are thinking about what they are doing while they are doing it. 5) What can be done to put reflective teaching into practice?  To inspire others to think about what they do and how they do...