Practice Context/How can I use this?/Summary

Learning Summary: Reflective Practice: How can I use this?


This module has given you the opportunity to be introduced to reflective practice and self evaluation as ways of assisting your own professional development as an educator. You have explored a range of tools and approaches and can now identify some practices that may be of use to you.

Your portfolio is the place to pull all this learning together.

Tell your story...
Now:
 * Tell your story (describe and discuss) how you demonstrate reflective practice skills and self-evaluation in relation to your own teaching.


 * What reflective practice skills do you use in your teaching?
 * How do evaluate the effectiveness of your own teaching practice?
 * What tools do you use?
 * Have you learned new ways to think about and reflect on your teaching practice from this module?
 * How will you put this into practice?
 * What new tools will you use?


 * Remember to:
 * identify what you have learned in this unit and the relevance of this to your work
 * discuss how your new learning has impacted on your practice and influenced future actions you may take
 * support your story with educational literature and other forms of information
 * ensure your choice of supporting evidence is authentic, current, sufficient and relevant

As a guide if writing your story this should only be a page or two long.

Don't forget to support this with, and include the evidence of your learning.

Collating Evidence
Some ideas for what you could use as evidence:


 * Excerpts from your learning journal or whatever format you were using to record and keep track of your learning
 * A bibliography (referenced list) of what you have read during your exploration of this module.
 * An annoted bibliography (a referenced list with your own notes added, of all that you have read) - not familiar with annotated bibliographies? -  check out Annotated Bibliographies or Writing an Annotated Bibliography or Annotated Bibliographies: What they are and how to prepare one
 * Notes of your reflections on conversations you were part of
 * Links to shared learning or discussions on Moodle
 * Copies of or links to reflective practice and/or self evaluation tools that you will use.
 * Teaching materials (such as reflective notes on lesson plans)

Submit this section (Unit 2) of your portfolio to your course facilitator for feedback.

Questions?
If you have any course related questions make use of the Frequently Asked Question site on Moodle FAQs