Reflecting on what you’re learning

Trying to take in new ideas and embed them into your practice is not easy.

However, as Chris explains in this video, using the reflection grid to help you focus on ‘successes’ or be aware of ‘problems’ or simply to log ‘questions’ will help with this.

For your convenience, here is a blank copy of the reflection grid [DOCX] you can edit. An example is provided in the course study guide.

On some occasions we will prompt you to use it, but feel free to use it whenever you want. The reflection grid should serve both as an aide memoire and a record of how your thinking develops during the course.

Professional development is essential for teachers to progress as teaching practitioners. But there are many challenges in integrating professional development into regular practice.

In particular:

• We stress the value of collaborating with peers – both at your own place of work and online – to put into practice the ideas and approaches suggested by Dylan, Chris and Andrea.
• We emphasise the value of experimenting, with a view to adapting methods to your own classroom or lab settings.

If you are doing this course with colleagues from your school or cluster of schools, we would encourage you to ‘follow’ each other. Then you’ll easily be able to see comments from the people you know. Find out more about taking the course with colleagues.