The field of education is constantly changing‚ but professional standards and thoughtful practice are two ideas that help teachers keep growing and improving. As teachers move through the different stages of their careers‚ they need to understand why these ideas are essential. Professional teaching standards clarify what teachers expect and what skills they need in various school settings. These standards delineate the criteria for assessing effective teaching and serve as a roadmap for professional
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Reflective Practice Professional Reflective Practice is part of the Continuing Professional Development for teachers; these regulations are what the government introduced in 2007‚ for teachers and people teaching in the FE and in the skills sector. (2007 Regulations p.1 IFL)‚ it set’s out to “move forward” the standards and requirement qualifications for teachers working within the FE sector and skills sector in education. Reflective practice plays a big part of Continuing Professional Development
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Reflective Practice Reflective practice is important because it gives us a chance to identify which areas of the setting need improving‚ and enables us to assess our own performance personally and what we need to improve on; reflecting on these things helps to identify what training we may need to take. It gives the staff the opportunity to reflect and exchange ideas then use the knowledge we have acquired to help us with future planning. Most importantly‚ reflective practice allows us to
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Professional practice in the early year’s settings Understand the scope and purposes of the early year’s sector Explain how the range of early year’s settings reflects the scope and purpose of the setting The early year’s sector has been at the forefront of the government’s agenda over the past 10-15 years and there have been huge changes in response to social and economic development. In October 2003 the EPPE report was published where the effects of preschool education on 3-4 year olds were studied
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analysis of its contents (McMullen‚ et. al.‚ 2003). A portfolio captures learning from experience‚ enables to measure learning‚ acts as a tool for reflective thinking‚ illustrates critical analytical skills and evidence of self-directed learning and provides a collection of detailed evidence of a person ’s competence (Gray‚ et. al.‚ 2004). For Dewey‚ reflective thinking consisted of two parts: a state of doubt and a search to resolve that doubt. Thus‚ constructing a portfolio is an act of revealing one
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Reflective practice is an important tool for teachers to be able to learn from their own classroom experiences (Lane‚ McMaster‚ Adnum‚ & Cavanagh‚ 2014). Particularly for pre-service teachers such as myself‚ it is beneficial to think “about why teachers employ particular strategies” (Alger‚ 2006‚ in Lane et al.‚ 2014) in order to evaluate each approach and better understand our role as teachers. Establishing the habit of reflective practice in order to deconstruct the assumptions I bring with me
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Student Reflective Practice Building Deeper Connections to Concepts Kathleen R. Murphy My classroom is quiet except for the light sounds of tapping keys on keyboards. There is an occasional rustle of papers as students pour through their labs searching for data and information. I move slowly through the rows of tables‚ looking over shoulders‚ commenting quietly on work‚ and answering a question here and there. Suddenly a student calls out‚ "Oh‚ I get it‚ Ms. Murphy! I just had an aha moment
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Ethical Statement Title of course: The early years: Developing practice I am undertaking an E100 course with the Open University that involves the study of children‚ operating at‚ 0-7 year old age range. All children names have been excluded to protect their identity and their parents have given permission for their activities to be used in my assignments. The setting manager has given permission for me to follow this course. The settings anonymity will be safeguarded and kept under
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TMA 4 E100 The early years practice Confidentiality statement All names have been changed to protect identity and maintain confidentiality and consent have been obtained to carry out observation. Part 1 Key elements of one child’s learning I have followed the ethical guideline and obtained the child’s permission through age appropriate conversation‚ as it states in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
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Task 1. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE It is important to reflect on your practice to see if you can identify areas where you can improve your practice. There are many different models of reflective practice. Below are a couple I have researched – Kolb’s Learning cycle – David A. Kolb believes that reflective practice is an important part of effective learning and development. Kolb feels that without reflection we would continue to repeat our mistakes. Kolb’s Learning cycle is as follows - Gibb’s Experiential
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