Summary
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With the increasing emphasis on continuing professional development for teachers and all educational practitioners, the use of portfolios to plan, chart, and review professional development is now widespread. Drawing directly from their experience of developing portfolios and portfolio-based assessment, and from current research, this book enables the reader to design and plan a portfolio, chart and analyze relevant professional experiences, reflect critically on practice, assess performance against standards and competences frameworks, present evidence of practice and achievements, and plan their continuing professional development. There are also chapter objectives, key questions and tasks in every chapter, which adds to the practical focus of the book.
Reflection as Learning
Reflection as Learning
In this chapter we explore the process of reflection and consider how reflection is an important aspect of professional learning. Here we will consider what is reflection and some of the key characteristics of the process of reflecting. We will also explore different ways of reflecting productively. Central to this discussion is the idea that reflection is a tool for advancing your professional knowledge and skills.
Key ideas
- What is reflection?
- Reflection as a learning process
- Tools and techniques
- Using reflection to develop professional knowledge and skills
In the previous chapter we looked at action learning as an important process in the development of your practice. In this chapter we consider the question of reflection as a means of promoting your professional learning. The notion of ...
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