“Reflective practice is the ability to reflect on one’s actions so as to engage in a process of continuous learning,” according to American philosopher and professor Donald Schön. It is used in ...

Instructors should take the time to ask themselves what they can do differently when students struggle on an assignment. If there are pain points in the courses they are teaching, and students ...

A new book proposes ways for educators to rethink classroom management with a critical eye to their own practices and the evidence provided by research and experience. In From Discipline to Culturally ...

Anne Guarnera recently received her PhD in Spanish at the University of Virginia. You can find her discussing teaching and learning on Twitter as @aguarnera and learn more about her work on her ...

The principal’s next question was more probing. “Why did you leave your previous school?” “The school wanted me to be a mechanical, or rather, ‘robotic’ teacher,” was the candid reply. “I didn’t feel ...

As a deputy head and inclusion manager at an inner-city primary school, my to-do list is ever lengthening, so having enough time for strategic thinking and reflection is rare. Each week I try to plan ...

The rapid development of Large Language Models (LLMs) forces educators to confront a difficult question: Can AI meaningfully support reflective practice, or will it simply accelerate the reduction of ...

Reflection is an essential building block of revalidation and an opportunity for practitioners to understand and learn from their experiences to improve their practice. This article – the first in a ...