Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

This is the third of four courses which comprise the course Learning to teach. Critical reflection is crucial to becoming a successful teacher. This free course, Becoming a reflective practitioner, explains what is meant by reflective practice and how to ensure that reflection leads to learning. As a beginner teacher you will encounter many contradictions and challenges in school; you will learn to teach in a particular context but will need to be able to transfer your learning to new contexts. Critical reflection will help you to do this. This free course explores the different models of critical reflection, knowledge of which will help you to structure your practice and evaluate whether you are reflecting and therefore learning effectively.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Difficulties with learning to teach
• 1 Difficulties with learning to teach
• 1.1 Complexities of workplace learning
• 1.2 Professional judgement and practice wisdom
• 2 What is critical reflection?
• 2 What is critical reflection?
• 2.1 Defining reflective practice
• 3 What is critical analysis?
• 3 What is critical analysis?
• 4 Features of reflection
• 4 Features of reflection
• 4.1 Critical reflection in reading and writing
• 5 Reflecting effectively
• 5 Reflecting effectively
• 5.1 Ensuring reflection leads to learning
• 6 Tools for reflection
• 6 Tools for reflection
• 6.1 Models of reflection
• 6.2 Gibb’s reflective cycle
• 6.3 Atkins and Murphy model
• 7 Transformational learning
• 7 Transformational learning
• 8 The next step
• 8 The next step
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements