Teaching practices

exact replica of what is in front of it. Reflection in professional practice… gives back not what it is, but what might be, an improvement on the original…" Biggs (1999). Reflective practice, in this context, is not about just looking at myself in a mirror and accepting what I see blindly, without any question or evaluation. Rather, it is about looking at what I have learned and how I can utilise that learning in my teaching practice. In this essay, I aim to only discuss what I have been taught and

Assignment 4: Lessons from the classroom. In this assignment I have been asked to reflect in detail on my experience of the classroom during the CELTA course (both teaching and learning) for self-assessment and professional development purposes. Before the course I already had one-year experience as an English teacher, using my own teaching methodology, which was not efficient and lacked in many essential stages and aims of my lessons. At the beginning of the CELTA course I realised that it was very

teachers, we need to protect our students’ right. Special education teachers are required to keep high standards and meet best practices. According to the Preliminary Credential Competency Checklist Historical and Legal Foundation 1.4 (2014), two of the best practices that are enforced in the special education field is to individualize education and evidence-based practice (p.1). Being a teacher in a special education classroom, there is a diverse level of learners and each student has an individual

understand, teach,” once said by Aristotle (Teaching). Teaching has been an art that requires great skill and enormous understanding. Teaching is no small feat, no easy measure. All teachers must work tirelessly in making sure their students succeed and learn far more than just concepts in the classroom. Teachers inspire and encourage their students to go after what they want to do in life. Through observation, I was able to learn about the best practices that worked well in the classroom setting,

This project will utilize a longitudinal experimental design to evaluate the impact of mental health consulting on suspension and expulsion beliefs and practices of teachers who received Teaching Pyramid training and distance coaching. Random assignment will occur at the school- or center-level, meaning that an entire school or center will be assigned to either the experimental or the control group. This study will utilize a randomized matched sample procedure to control for the effects of program

good teaching, everyone understands the definition, and that there are skilled evaluators. When thinking about the criteria of the evaluation providing professional development Danielson describes some key features it must contain. She talks about how there should be two way communication between colleagues that observe in each other classrooms and also between administrators and teachers. Danielson focuses on how important it is for teachers to have a career long commitment to better practices. Danielson

supervisory and teaching practices. It enables supervisors to provide directed assistance to every teacher and helps teachers improve their instructional skills and address their immediate instructional issues. Glickman (2010) views peer coaching as a supervisory approach that helps teachers “confide in, improve and move with each other towards collective actions.” In particular, peer coaching provides a strong system of support as teachers seek to implement new strategies, examine practices, transfer

Question: What is intentional teaching and how does extend young children’s learning? Stop: As part of my research project on how to extend 3-4 year olds learning I have been researching the term “Intentional teaching”. So what is intentional teaching? The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) in Australia, describes intentional teaching as “educators being deliberate, purposeful, and thoughtful in their decision and actions”. International teaching is not teaching and learning by rote, but reflects

benefits it provides, it brings a question to mind; what do these teaching methods do that benefit our education? As a future educator and being in a school where these practices and techniques have been implemented, to me I feel that this teaching style has a huge impacted on how students should be taught. I believe that this trend should be continued to be used in all schools because this process really dives into the fundamentals of teaching. It also gets the students involved with their education and

This essay will analyse and highlight on the fifteen-minute micro teaching reflection that is vital for the self-evaluation and professional development of my teaching practice. It will further identify my strengths and weaknesses through my peer assessment and reflect on the teaching and learning theories, methods and strategies that are linked and practiced in my micro-teach. According to the teachers’ standards (DfE, 2012) “teachers make the education of their learners their first concern,