Reflective practice helps teachers and students think critically about their experiences and decisions to develop a deeper understanding of themselves. Reflection is a metacognitive strategy that involves internally examining ideas or issues triggered by an experience. This process creates clarity and can change one's perspective. There are structured models to guide reflective learning, such as Gibbs' Reflective Cycle. Teachers are encouraged to engage in reflection through keeping journals, engaging in self-analysis, maintaining portfolios, conducting observations, and using technology like blogs and videos to observe themselves teaching and reflect on their lessons.

1. Reflective Practice An introduction to Reflective Teaching Prepared by Benedict Cruz & Mark John Sernicula

2. What is Reflection? Reflection is a METACOGNITIVE strategy that helps teachers/students think critically upon their experiences, actions and decisions.

3. Why do we need to reflect? Reflective practice helps teachers/students to have a deeper understanding of their own styles, beliefs and identities. As you reflect, you will better understand your roles as teachers and students!

4. Reflective Learning Process of internally examining and exploring ideas or issues which are triggered by an experience. Creates and clarifies meaning and leads o a change of perspective. Central to experiential learning.

5. Models of Reflection Learning through reflection is more powerful if there is a structured process to guide the learners.

6. Gibbs Reflective Cycle

7. Recommendations Journals Self-analysis Portfolio Systematic Observations

8. Reflective Practicefor Teachers

9. Some technology-integrated ways for reflection Self-observation Teaching Journal ActionResearch

10. Self-observation This is a technique where you observe and evaluate yourself under the guidance of an observation checklist or some questions you decide on before the observation. Of course, to be able to observe yourself, first you need to videotape your lesson!

11. Tips for videotaping your lesson Get someone experienced with the equipment to help you. Tell him/her what aspects of the lesson to focus on during the filming session. If you will videotape yourself, place the video-camera so that the whole class can be viewed.

12. GuideQuestions in Self-Observation You want to get information about : Class participation and student responses Pacing of the class and amount of student engagement On-task behaviour of specific students Whether or not your lesson was a successful one

13. Procedure for class participation Record students’ verbal participation by using symbols on a seating chart to indicate who responds and how. Use a symbol each time a student recite.

14. Procedureforclasspacingandstudentengagementobservation Record the time for each activity and any observations about student engagement for that activity.

15. Procedure for on-task behavior observation Write the time and the activity on the chart at the top of the form. Scan the room every now and thenand record the appropriate symbol for each student on the seating chart next to the number corresponding to the activity.

16. Procedure for self-evaluation Rate yourself on teaching behaviors that are conducive to a successful lesson.

17. Teaching Journal This is a place where you write about your experiences or record some specific teaching events, and your feelings about them on a periodical basis. As you go through the reflective cycle, you can write down your experiences on your journal. Still we have a technology-integrated way that can be used as a teaching journal; BLOGS!

19. is the systematic, reflective study of a teacher's actions and the effects of these actions in a school or classroom context.

20. includes data collection and data analysis