reflection on teaching
What is Component 4A?
Component 4A discusses the importance of reflecting on teaching strategies. The teacher must review each lesson, with a mindset free of bias, and open to constructive criticism. This is important because this step is the key to understanding how the students' learn, and how to better construct future lessons, or even how to improve the method of teaching that specific lesson. In short, this step explains that teachers themselves must be teachable.
Why is Component 4A important?
A good teacher will carefully reflect on each lesson. He should be able to identify what reflection is, and why it important, as well as strategize how to fit reflection into such a busy environment as the schoolroom. The teacher must also consider, specifically about the lesson, what methods were used effectively, which ideas need to be improved, and if anything else should be done differently. Educators should also know their students well enough to discern whether or not they comprehend the material, and if any concepts were miscommunicated or misunderstood.
What are the Elements of Component 4A?
The first Element of Component 4A is Accuracy. The teacher should review the lesson shortly after the actual teaching of the lesson, so that he is best able to recall the details of the class. Teachers must take this effort seriously and put much effort into it so that they can get the most helpful results. If the teacher notices that a specific tool benefited the students drastically, then the teacher must pay special attention to recording that so they can make sure to use that tool again in future lessons, and even improve upon that strategy.
The second Element of Component 4A is Use in Future Teaching. The reflection on the lesson should be thorough enough to inform the teacher for future lessons. He should be able to use information that he has noted from previous lessons in order to make the next lessons as polished and effective as possible. In addition to informing teachings of other lessons, reflection can also inform subsequent teachings of the same lesson in different years, or simply in different sections on the same day. These reflective notes can refresh the teacher's memory so that he is best able to communicate with the students in a way that they will be willing and eager to hear, as well as in a way that sticks with them, so that they become fluent in the material.
What are some Artifacts displaying Component 4A?
A few artifacts that could show Component 4A could include a personal blog or twitter page detailing lessons learned in teaching experience, comments in margins of teaching materials, and the actual lesson plans with constructive notes written in the reflection segment.
Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice a framework for teaching (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Component 4A discusses the importance of reflecting on teaching strategies. The teacher must review each lesson, with a mindset free of bias, and open to constructive criticism. This is important because this step is the key to understanding how the students' learn, and how to better construct future lessons, or even how to improve the method of teaching that specific lesson. In short, this step explains that teachers themselves must be teachable.
Why is Component 4A important?
A good teacher will carefully reflect on each lesson. He should be able to identify what reflection is, and why it important, as well as strategize how to fit reflection into such a busy environment as the schoolroom. The teacher must also consider, specifically about the lesson, what methods were used effectively, which ideas need to be improved, and if anything else should be done differently. Educators should also know their students well enough to discern whether or not they comprehend the material, and if any concepts were miscommunicated or misunderstood.
What are the Elements of Component 4A?
The first Element of Component 4A is Accuracy. The teacher should review the lesson shortly after the actual teaching of the lesson, so that he is best able to recall the details of the class. Teachers must take this effort seriously and put much effort into it so that they can get the most helpful results. If the teacher notices that a specific tool benefited the students drastically, then the teacher must pay special attention to recording that so they can make sure to use that tool again in future lessons, and even improve upon that strategy.
The second Element of Component 4A is Use in Future Teaching. The reflection on the lesson should be thorough enough to inform the teacher for future lessons. He should be able to use information that he has noted from previous lessons in order to make the next lessons as polished and effective as possible. In addition to informing teachings of other lessons, reflection can also inform subsequent teachings of the same lesson in different years, or simply in different sections on the same day. These reflective notes can refresh the teacher's memory so that he is best able to communicate with the students in a way that they will be willing and eager to hear, as well as in a way that sticks with them, so that they become fluent in the material.
What are some Artifacts displaying Component 4A?
A few artifacts that could show Component 4A could include a personal blog or twitter page detailing lessons learned in teaching experience, comments in margins of teaching materials, and the actual lesson plans with constructive notes written in the reflection segment.
Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice a framework for teaching (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.