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Reflecting on Reflection: Making it Work. Deepali Dharmaraj Senior Teacher Trainer West India Deepali.Dharmaraj@britishcouncil.org. Overview. The purpose of this interactive presentation is to enhance your reflective skills as teachers and trainers.
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Reflecting on Reflection: Making it Work Deepali Dharmaraj Senior Teacher Trainer West India Deepali.Dharmaraj@britishcouncil.org
Overview The purpose of this interactive presentation is to enhance your reflective skills as teachers and trainers. Part 1: Reflecting: what it is and what it is not Part 2: Why reflect? Part 3: A reflection toolkit
PractisingReflecting Think about the key note from this morning. Answer these three questions individually. • What was the talk about? • What does it mean to you? • What now?
Reflective teaching/training This refers to looking at our practice, thinking about why you do it, and thinking about what you could do better. It is a process of self-observation and self-evaluation.
Part 3: Reflection toolkit Work in pairs. What are the ways we can reflect? For example: reflection journal.
Reflection toolkit Journal Peer observation and feedback Student feedback Recording – audio/video Online tools: Penzu Professional communities: teachingenglish website
Making it work Work in pairs. Discuss: • What? • So what? • Now what?
References The Self-Directed Teacher: Managing the Learning Process by David Nunan Reflective Teaching in Second Language Classrooms by Jack C. Richards and Charles Lockhart Johari Window: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_window