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The Role of Reflection: Improving Our Teaching Practice
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Your presenters:Rob Kahlon Jen Dewhurst
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Agenda:show and tell
large group discussionwatching 2 videospowerpoint part 1
breakout 1break
powerpoint part 2breakout 2
wrap-up
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Watch 2 short videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shacsdm_kvA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wPaQYWkwdE&feature=related
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Discussion:Why is reflective practice important?
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Institutions are changing rapidly – they are becoming flexible, adaptive systems
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You teach in these rapidly changing institutions
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In this constant state of flux, how can you become best teacher you can be?
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The power to become a better teacher is within you
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Reflective practice enhances your teaching, and enhance your students learning
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Reflection results in better understanding, and therefore deeper learning
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Single-loop vs. double-loop learning
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Single-loop learning
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Double-loop learning
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Espoused theory vs. theory-in-use
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Reflection-in-action vs. reflection-on-action
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Reflection-in-action
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Reflection-on-action
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Breakout 1: barriers to reflectionOpen up the following article:
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/development/reflection.html
Identify an experience where one of the factors listed in the article was a barrier to reflective activity. What could you do to improve the experience?
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Breakout 1 discussion: Identify an experience where one factors listed in the article was a barrier to
reflective activity. What could you do to improve the experience?
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Reflective practice has a variety of tools for you
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You can choose from many theories of reflective practice
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You can choose from many reflective activities
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Practical experience
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Breakout 2:Brainstorm some methods in which technology
can be used to foster reflective practice.
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Use of technology can foster reflection
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Thank you and have a good night!
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Synthesis question:The show and tell activity caused you to reflect, with intention, upon a prior learning experience.
Did this reflective activity deepen the understanding of that prior learning experience for you?