Becoming a reflective practitioner is in many ways an extremely useful tool to enable us, as humans to reflect on life experiences. Every day is a new experience, and with each new experience comes an opportunity to critically evaluate past events. Tanti (2015) argues that through education it is essential that learning is based on life experiences. Through critically reflecting on experiences, we as humans are able to understand the meaning of such experiences, enabling us to make connections with daily events, whilst also understanding the consequences (Tanti, 2015).
One very valuable experience through education is the idea of teachers and pupils realising and valuing their connection with the outside world. In order to achieve this, one must also realise that education is so much more than just topics and set experiences and must include the learner's life experiences wholly (Tanti, 2015).
Experience and thought are not the same. All experiences are not necessarily educative and only can be meaningful when value is applied. The idea that humans learn through knowledge alone is seen as a false psychology. Along with knowledge, there must be meaning applied to education, through thought (Tanti, 2015).
In my limited experience with blogging, I am starting to see the benefits of reflecting on my practice, allowing me to carefully evaluate past experiences to continuously improve what I was doing and find better ways in which to present my findings. Having received feedback from my peers I have been able to apply that to my posts and improve upon my skills which will enable me to build upon my critical thinking skills when teaching students in the classroom.
References:
Tanti, MHM. (2015). Applying Slow to ICT-rich education: A vision for the ‘long now’. University of Sydney, Australia. (pg 138 - 149). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14329
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Blog post 1: Why do I need to become a reflective practitioner?
There are many attributes and tools required to become a reflective practitioner. In order to be able to reflect on a particular scenario or set of events that I may be faced with in my future studies and career, involves me having the ability to think critically, effectively interpret and evaluate what really happened and then implement changes to better myself. Davis (2006) explains that blogging can be a very effective tool to strengthen student’s capabilities by providing improvement in strategising and enabling stronger technical approaches with reflective writing. I will use this blog to reflect on my practice and to help with my professional development. Duffy and Bruns (2006) describe that educational technology extends far more than just a means of feeding students data. He believes that the digital language allows for the exploration of technological advances, which enable students to share and reflect critically and collaboratively.
In my limited experience with blogging I am starting to see the benefits of reflecting on my practice, allowing me to carefully evaluate past experiences to continuously improve what I was doing and evaluate better ways in which to present my findings. There is also an amazing ability to connect with others through comments and appraisals of my posts, receiving feedback is not only empowering but also helps me understand how important collaboration is for learning, as well as teaching me the need to be flexible in the classroom while working on my critical thinking skills to master teaching a large group of students with different learning capabilities.
References:
Duffy, P. & Bruns, A. (2006). The use of Blogs, Wikis and Rss in Education. A conversation of possibilities. In Proceedings Online Learning and Teaching Conference (pp. 31-38). Brisbane.
Davis, A (2006). Blogs and Pedagogy. Edublog Insights. Retrieved from http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/05/31/blogs-and-pedagogy/
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