Effective teachers are first to
admit that no matter how good a lesson is, our teaching stragies can
always be improved—oftentimes it’s why we seek out our colleagues’ opinions.
However, we run the risk of our audience making snap judgments about our
instruction without truly having the context to support it—especially in regard
to why a student didn’t understand it or why something happened amidst your
instruction.
Self-reflection is important because it’s a process that
makes you collect, record, and analyse everything that happened in the lesson
so you can make improvements in your teaching strategies where necessary.
The ultimate goal of self-reflection is to improve the way
you teach. Through the findings you gather, you may gain the insight you need
to take your instruction to the proverbial next level, or you may find that
you’re already doing a stellar job. In either case, self-reflection is a
technique that can gauge your standing honestly and you should strive to
implement it throughout the year. By the time the next new class rolls around,
you’ll have a much better wider toolkit to pull from when it’s time to teach
that lesson once again.
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