Dtlls Unit 5

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Unit 5 Continuing personal and professional practice. In this assignment I will explore and consolidate the theories and practices of reflective practice by providing a critical analysis of my approach to reflective practice within my own personal and professional development. I will then use my own learning journal to provide an analysis of my personal and professional development. Reflective practice is a key element of all teacher training programmes; in fact it is now a requirement of all teachers to reflect for CPD. The institute for learning states that: reflective practice – taking personal responsibility to improve professional practice through thinking about practice, discussion with colleagues and learners and taking appropriate action to improve – is required of all teachers (lifelong learning UK, 2009, P12). A teacher working full time is expected to demonstrate at least 30hrs of CPD every year. As a consequence teachers today cannot simply participate in courses or events, they must also reflect on the experience, evaluate the findings and keep a record of their reflections. Reflective practice is a term often used in educational pedagogy and involves the practitioner constantly and critically appraising teaching and learning. As a teaching practitioner I often take time to think about how my lesson had gone, sometimes very simple, practical issues came to mind e.g. I had tried to cover too much content during the session and had been forced to rush things. At other times I would think about individual class members, perhaps two members of the group had not participated in an activity. I would then think about why this might be. This type of reflection was instinctive and not a conscious decision, therefore when faced with the compulsory aspect of reflective practice, my initial thoughts were that reflection was a subjective process that I did not
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