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The teacher's reflective practice handbook [electronic book] : becoming an extended professional through capturing evidence-informed practice / Paula Zwozdiak-Myers.

By: Zwozdiak-Myers, Paula [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: online resource (xv, 206 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780415597586 (paperback); 9780415597579 (hardback); 9780203118733 (e-book).Subject(s): Reflective learning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Teachers -- In-service training -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Portfolios in education -- Handbooks, manuals, etcAdditional physical formats: Print version: The teacher's reflective practice handbook : becoming an extended professional through capturing evidence-informed practiceDDC classification: 371.102 Online resources: E-book Also available in print form.
Contents:
Part 1: Reflective practice for professional developments: framing the construct - Reflective practice: captured, framed and defined -- Qualitative distinctions in reflective practice -- Part 2: Dimensions of reflective practice: key features and processes.
Summary: What do we mean by reflective practice? What does it involve? How can it help you develop as a teacher? The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook is an essential source of advice, guidance and ideas for both student and practising teachers. Helping you to translate pedagogical knowledge into practice, this handbook guides you through studying your own teaching for personal development, evaluating your lessons through classroom research, and enhancing the quality of pupil learning. It offers an innovative framework which serves to prepare you for the challenges and complexities of the classroom environment, and supports the continuing improvement of your teaching. Underpinned by key theoretical concepts and contemporary research within the field of education, chapters help you to: Systematically evaluate your teaching through classroom research procedures Question personal theories and beliefs, and consider alternative perspectives and possibilities Try out new strategies and ideas to maximise the learning potential of all students Enhance the quality of, and continue to improve, your teaching. Including a range of reflective tasks, links to online resources, exemplification material and further reading to help you develop your own thinking, The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook is an accessible guide which supports the facilitation of reflective practice through self and peer assessment, problem-based learning and personal development planning. The multi-dimensional framework enables you to build a meaningful, personally relevant portfolio of evidence-informed practice-- Provided by publisher.
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What do we mean by reflective practice?

What does it involve?

How can it help you develop as a teacher?

The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook is an essential source of advice, guidance and ideas for both student and practising teachers. Helping you to translate pedagogical knowledge into practice, this Handbook guides you through studying your own teaching for personal development, evaluating your lessons through classroom research, and enhancing the quality of pupil learning. It offers an innovative framework which serves to prepare you for the challenges and complexities of the classroom environment, and supports the continuing improvement of your teaching.

Underpinned by key theoretical concepts and contemporary research within the field of education, chapters help you to:

systematically evaluate your teaching through classroom research procedures question personal theories and beliefs, and consider alternative perspectives and possibilities try out new strategies and ideas to maximise the learning potential of all students enhance the quality of, and continue to improve, your teaching.

Including a range of reflective tasks, links to online resources, exemplification material and further reading to help you develop your own thinking, The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook is an accessible guide which supports the facilitation of reflective practice through self and peer assessment, problem-based learning and personal development planning. The multi-dimensional framework enables you to build a meaningful, personally relevant portfolio of evidence-informed practice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Reflective practice for professional developments: framing the construct - Reflective practice: captured, framed and defined -- Qualitative distinctions in reflective practice -- Part 2: Dimensions of reflective practice: key features and processes.

What do we mean by reflective practice? What does it involve? How can it help you develop as a teacher? The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook is an essential source of advice, guidance and ideas for both student and practising teachers. Helping you to translate pedagogical knowledge into practice, this handbook guides you through studying your own teaching for personal development, evaluating your lessons through classroom research, and enhancing the quality of pupil learning. It offers an innovative framework which serves to prepare you for the challenges and complexities of the classroom environment, and supports the continuing improvement of your teaching. Underpinned by key theoretical concepts and contemporary research within the field of education, chapters help you to: Systematically evaluate your teaching through classroom research procedures Question personal theories and beliefs, and consider alternative perspectives and possibilities Try out new strategies and ideas to maximise the learning potential of all students Enhance the quality of, and continue to improve, your teaching. Including a range of reflective tasks, links to online resources, exemplification material and further reading to help you develop your own thinking, The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook is an accessible guide which supports the facilitation of reflective practice through self and peer assessment, problem-based learning and personal development planning. The multi-dimensional framework enables you to build a meaningful, personally relevant portfolio of evidence-informed practice-- Provided by publisher.

Also available in print form.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paula Zwozdiak-Myers is Course Director for the Secondary Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Brunel University, UK.

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