EDU406 Midterm Past Papers by Nimma Malik

EDU 406 · Solved recent papers · By NimMa mAlik · December 2K24 · Levels of reflection

❖ Repair ❖ Review ❖ Research ❖ Re-theorizing ❖ Reformulating

Key principle of reflective practitioner.

Principles of RP:

1. RP is problem-oriented or in other words problem-posing or problem-solving.
2. RP is based on action research. Action research is a very powerful tool for change and improvement based on a cyclical process of thinking, planning and doing.
3. RP ensures that teaching and learning are research-led
4. RP is data driven. This means that there is ownership by the teacher of the data which is central to the teacher professional development.

Reflection on action. Reflection-on-action means thinking about an event or experience after it has happened. You look back; analyze what happened, why it happened, and how it made you feel. The goal is to learn from the experience so you can improve or handle similar situations better in the future.

Example of Reflection-on-Action:

Imagine you gave a presentation at work, but it didn’t go as planned.

Step 1: Recall the event

o "I noticed some people looked confused during my presentation, and I struggled to answer some of their questions."

Step 2: Analyze what happened

o "I think I didn’t prepare enough for the Q&A session, and my slides were too detailed, which might have overwhelmed the audience."

Step 3: Learn for the future

o " Next time, I’ll simplify my slides, focus on the key points, and practice answering potential questions in advance."

Two types of reframing

1. Content Reframing
2. Context Reframing

Two quadrants of Jo-Hari model

1. Open Area
2. Blind Area
3. Hidden Area
4. Unknown Area

3 critical questions a teacher can ask to herself?

Q1. Did my lesson achieve the learning objectives I set for my students?

Q2. How did I engage all students, and what strategies worked best?

Q3. What challenges did I face during the lesson, and how did I address them?

Q4. What feedback did I give, and how did it impact student learning?

Q5. What could I do differently next time to improve student outcomes?

Stages of Hegarty's Model

1. First stage is about taking notice and describing the experience, pay attention and record it.
2. The second stage is analysis of the experience.
3. Final step reflects and take action.

Steps of reflection process

1. Experience or Event
2. Description
3. Feelings
4. Evaluation
5. Analysis
6. Conclusion
7. Action Plan

Constructivism in detail.

And self-development therefore is based in constructivism. Constructivism is a theory of learning, which is very much mediated by the language we use to describe things. And we use that language to construct our understanding jointly with others. And as such teachers are guided than through higher order levels of thinking through this social critical process and that this, knowledge is socially derived within the group that we work with. And what we have to consider then is that there is a zone of proximal development as a reflective practitioner. There are those that who are closer to us can have much more impact and can support us. Those who are not so close they can offer less support and less, criticality in terms of our reflection.

The process of reflection then allows. Reflective practitioners to develop their skills for inquiry and to take an inquiring stance, in terms of their role in the classroom. And it's through this process that teachers advance their skills as teachers advance. Through reflective practice by just challenging things which have been uncritically thought about before, by thinking critically about them. And therefore, in terms of social criticality reflection is a group process. It's a social activity, not something which is done in isolation and the social component provides multiple opportunities for reflection.