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 | PLS Classes
Three Benefits of Reflective Teaching and How to Practice it in Your Classroom
March 12, 2019
As a teacher, your profession may provide you with a sense of comforting cyclicality. While curriculum evolves, the fundamentals of many subjects and age-based learning expectations vary little over time. As a result, you may enjoy the familiarity of teaching many of the same lesson plans year after year. When you fall into a rhythm—a comforting habit of exercises, assignments, and processes­—it can become easy to overlook the importance of self-reflection. Could there be a new, more effective approach to teaching the fundamentals of the periodic table? Could a grammar lesson be improved to produce better concept application? Could you engage with students more effectively if you incorporated more group work into your instruction? Reflective teaching is an academic style in which teachers regularly self-assess their performance, their teaching style, methodology, and pedagogy, evolving their approach over time to produce optimal student outcomes. The reflective approach requires teachers to take time to evaluate and adjust their style. What follows are three benefits of reflecting teaching.