Reflective Practises
Musing on this again... "it is important that reflective practice be cultivated and fostered to become effective. It can then be a “powerful tool to examine and transform practice” (Finlay, 2008, p.10) Not the only part of the reading to strike a chord, but does alert me to the fact that I am not reflecting enough or in a way that is even remotely useful to make any meaningful change. If I am going to make an effort to be critically reflective then I need to make it regular, documented and purposeful. I would say that I have certainly thought about my current practice and the things I do in my classroom as a direct result of the Mindlab sessions and in discussing what occurs in my school, my classrooms and experiences of others on the course. Little things like dropping back the amount of instructions I may give the group to allow for more self discovery, allowing for the kids to trial, error and fail as an accepted part of the learning process instead of where I may h...