1. Working as a teacher‚ I am consistently researching into what defines best practice and subsequently reflecting on my own practice to see how I can make improvements. I feel teaching is a unique profession‚ much alike social work‚ where you are required to think both on an analytical level and an emotional level on a daily basis. For example‚ after teaching lessons‚ I reflect and analyse how successful they were not only based upon how much progress was made‚ but also by how much engagement and
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Sam Rall Foundations of Education Prof. Yaw October 12‚ 2011 Sittser: Changing the View on Society’s Students Teaching is a unique profession in today’s workplace. It is an occupation that will not give you a promotion very easily based on performance. It is also an occupation that can be seen as something that is not highly enough reimbursed for the impact it has on the lives of young people. A teacher needs an incredible passion for children/adolescents in order to be an effective educator. The
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teachers is that their practice is the result of careful reflection . . . They themselves learn lessons each time they teach‚ evaluating what they do and using these self-critical evaluations to adjust what they do next time. (Why Colleges Succeed‚ Ofsted 2004‚ para. 19) What this chapter is about . . . . . . . Reflective practice ± what is it? Why and how should we do it? Reflection `in’ and `on’ action Some models of reflective practice Using reflection as a basis for improving
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Reflection in Teaching Teachers‚ it is thought‚ benefit from the practice of reflection‚ the conscious act of thinking deeply about and carefully examining the interactions and events within their own classrooms. Educators T. Wildman and J Niles (1987) describe a scheme for developing reflective practice in experienced teachers. This was justified by the view that reflective practice could help teachers to feel more intellectually involved in their role and work in teaching and enable them to
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what makes a good teacher and good teaching has resulted in an endless steam of ideas‚ opinions‚ and theories. This research work in The good teachers and good teaching will bring light to what is and when can we have good teaching as well as being good teacher. Also it will provide methodologies that can be used to have a good teaching environment in the classroom. In addiction‚ there will be mentioned qualities of a good teacher as well as methods or teaching techniques in the class. Besides the
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Our school practice You know‚ that there is no secret that the students who are doing their fourth year are fresh from their first fulltime teaching practice and I am not an exception. A week ago I came back from my school practice and I am full of emotions and positive fillings. I was allocated to a comprehensive school in Donetsk. And I did my fulltime practice as a teacher of English and foreign literature. I spent my first week observing lessons in different classes and giving occasional lessons
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BEST PRACTICE You know your company depends on informal networks‚ but what can you do about them? Decide which of three different types of networks will deliver the results you want‚ and then set up frameworks to help them flourish. A Practical Guide to Social Networks by RobCrossJeanne Liedtka‚and Leigh Weiss W HEN IS A COMPANY GREATER than the sum of its parts? When its once-siloed business units find a way to harvest innovations in the white space between them. That’s exactly what
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organisation rather than opting for an ‘off the shelf’ closed option such as ‘Best Practise’ or high performance work practices. Theorists have yet to settle on a definitive model for best practise‚ which itself suggests a certain degree of flexibility is built into the interpretation of what it could be. Here lies the first contradiction to the pro best practise argument as these rigid principals are yet to be defined. Debatably‚ best practise principals should be enforceable regardless of the organisational
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became increasingly important. By the 1960’s Personnel Departments‚ who looked after employee records and pay‚ were a distinctive feature of organisations as numerous events in the social and economic climate
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summative I will be discussing the importance of reflection in relation to social work practice. I will also analyse two reflective models‚ and compare the models in terms of similarities and differences. The models will give their explanation on reflection and how effective it can be in practice. Then finally‚ I will assess the models values and effectiveness in relation to professional social work assessment. This part will examine how useful reflection can be while carrying out assessments. However
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