Reading log 4:

Teacher change and the role of reflection

Reflection and sound reasoning can impact people in radical ways. I enjoyed this article because there is a huge trend in modern education that calls the implementation of critical thinking in different aspects of our lives, and in education. The problem is that when it comes to actually applying higher order thinking to the different techniques and activities in class, educators might feel overwhelmed because they don’t know where to start.

         The reflective cycle proposed by Carol Rodgers seems to me like an strategy teachers can use to subject their teaching practice to scrutiny and assessment.

         The main advantage I see for using the cycle of observing, interpreting, generalizing and planning is that this process, when done systematically, can help educators improve their teaching because it will make them more aware about what helps or challenge learning.

         One question I have about the reflective cycle is whether we could implement and use a version of it that could be presented to students, so they can also evaluate themselves in order to become more independent learners.