Title: Three Benefits of Reflective Teaching | PLS Classes
Headings: Three Benefits of Reflective Teaching and How to Practice it in Your Classroom
Three Benefits of Reflective Teaching and How to Practice it in Your Classroom
Three Benefits of Reflective Teaching
Three Ways to Practice Reflective Teaching in Your Classroom

Content: Three Benefits of Reflective Teaching
Reflective teaching brings into alignment one’s underlying beliefs about learning and classroom practice. Teachers who have attempted reflective techniques frequently report how surprised they were to observe misalignments between their assumptions and reality. 1 Your tenure may have you convinced that your strategic approach to a specific topic is always successful in enabling student comprehension; however with self-reflection, you may realize that there are opportunities to further enhance the effectiveness of your lessons. Reflective teaching enables professional development. Continual reflection allows for constant improvement. By thinking critically about the success of your lessons plans and the outcomes they produced, and by putting time and effort into creative solutions to limitations and barriers to success, you can find innovative and impactful ways to refine your teaching skills for greater professional success. Reflective teaching supports student-centered learning. Student-centered learning refers to “a wide variety of educational programs, learning experiences, instructional approaches, and academic-support strategies that are intended to address the distinct learning needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of students.” 2 Student-centered learning is one of the foundations of today’s educational theory and practice.