The

Reflective
Teacher

Reflection
In teaching, teachers have to select learning activities
and prepare students for new learning;
They also have to provide opportunities for students
to practice new items in real-life situations;
Teachers also have to give feedback on students
learning and review and re-teach them when
necessary;
They have to examine the doctrines and thinking
processes which form the foundation for teachers
classroom activities;

Foundations for teachers doctrines

questions pertaining to teacher-thinking in the
classroom:
a. What are the teachers perception concerning
teaching and learning?
b. How are their expertise and skills structured?
c. What factors influence teachers beliefs?
d. In what ways do the teachers beliefs have an
effect on their reading?

 teachers belief systems consist of both the

subjective and objective dimensions build up over
time;
they are consist of:
a. their experience as language learners
b. experience of what works best in their respective
classroom
c. established practice
d. personality factors
e. educationally grounded or research-based
principles
f. principles acquired from an approach or method

Foundations for teachers doctrines

questions pertaining to teacher-thinking in the
classroom:
a. What are the teachers perception concerning
teaching and learning?
b. How are their expertise and skills structured?
c. What factors influence teachers beliefs?
d. In what ways do the teachers beliefs have an
effect on their reading?

Teachers doctrines about learning

Teachers learning doctrines are based on:
a. their definition of learning
b. the best way to learn a language
c. kinds of revelation to language that best facilitate
language learning
d. kinds of students that do best in their classroom
e. kinds of learning styles and strategies that are
encouraged in learners
f. the roles students are expected to assume in their
classroom

Teachers doctrines about teaching

Teachers teaching doctrines are based on:
a. how they see their responsibility in the classroom
b. how obvious is it to a visitor
c. the teaching approach they apply in the classroom
d. the teaching resources they make use
e. their description of an effective teaching
f. their approach to classroom teaching
g. their opinions on the qualities of a good teacher

Teachers doctrines about language learning

Teachers language teaching doctrines are based on:
a. how they describe English teaching as a
profession
b. the modifications that are essential in the language
teaching profession
c. the kinds of training needed by language teachers
d. the kinds of support for professional development
that are available at a school you are used to
e. the most satisfying aspect of teaching to them

The role of teachers in reflective teaching

Some teachers are autonomous and can
make their own decisions concerning course
goals, materials, teaching methods and
assessment procedures;
Some see their role in managerial and
organisational aspects planning their
lessons, monitoring their teaching, and
managing student learning and behaviour;
Others see their role as facilitators;

 Active Teaching is a recent model of teaching that focuses on the

teachers ability to engage students productively on learning tasks
during lessons;
to achieve this level of teaching, teacher should:
a. communicate clearly
b. obtain and manage engagement
c. monitor progress
d. provide immediate feedback
A teachers role in cooperative learning is to:
a. share the responsibility for managing interaction and learning
b. structure the learning environment
c. stimulate interactive language use
d. choose classroom tasks
e. coordinate group activities
f. provide clarification, feedback and motivational support

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 A teachers role in communic learning is to:

a. facilitate communication process between
participants
b. act as an independent participant within the
learning-teaching group
A teachers role in total physical response is to:
a. direct students behaviour in the beginning until
students are ready to speak;
b. be directed by students in the later stage

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 Teachers can select their roles as :

a. planner
b. manager
c. quality controller
d. group organiser
e. facilitator
f. motivator
g. empowerer
h. team manager

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Benefits of reflective teaching

enhances ones learning about teaching
increases ones ability to analyse and
understand classroom events
enhances ones classroom life as teacher by
helping to establish an inviting, predictable,
and thoughtful environment;
help one to self monitor one self
professional transformation

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4 steps in reflective teaching

describe what you did by elaborating one
specific event
inform yourself and others of what is behind
the classroom events
confront the knowledge of teaching, learning
and social theories identified in each step
reconstruct classroom event by asking how
you might have done things differently

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Ways to develop reflective thinking skills

interaction through dialogue journal

purposeful discussions
action research, a field-based approach
clinical experiences that can enhance
thinking skills (reflective teaching conducted
on campus)

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