Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Reflective teaching: Exploring our own classroom practice

Reflective teaching means looking at what you do in the classroom, thinking about why you do it, and thinking about if it works - a process of self-observation and self-evaluation. By collecting information about what goes on in our classroom, and by analysing and evaluating this information, we identify and explore our own practices and underlying beliefs. This may then lead to changes and improvements in our teaching.
Reflective teaching is therefore a means of professional development which begins in our classroom.
More about Reflective teaching

Being a Good Teacher



Some qualities of good teachers:
1-The teacher's voice should be loud and clear enough to be heard easily.
2- He should prepare his lessons well.
3- He should master his subject matter and know more than his students.
4- He should encourage his students through praise, rewards and the like.
5-He should notice the individual differences among students.
6- He should be kind to his students.
7- Kindness shouldn't mean weakness since the teacher needs to be kind and strict at the same time.
8- The teacher should be fair to all his students. and should treat them equally.