My Response To Gibb's Reflection

However, Gibb’s (1988) would challenge this statement because he believes that negative feelings inspire us to reflect deeper and analyse what caused these negative feelings and why they arose in the first place. Appendix 7 on a lesson I taught outlines a second transformational moment where I asked myself why I was reflecting negatively and why I thought the lesson had not gone as I hoped. This was a pivotal moment in my reflective journey because I had started to reflect deeper and I had altered my thought process. Prior to this, I would shy away from analysing where my lesson had gone wrong with the fear of rejection. However, this was one of the first times after my lesson where I had written a lesson observation and I was embracing reflecting on the negatives and asking myself, what can I do to ensure that does not happen again? Why weren’t the children engaged? This change in thinking has developed me as a reflective practitioner and has enabled me to develop, adapt and improve my pedagogy. Warwick (2002) states reflection provides the opportunity for the teacher and learner to connect through the emotional qualities of learning. An expert reflector will consider all aspects of the lesson taught and will take into consideration the children’s emotional …show more content…
Manen (1977) refers to this as ‘higher level of reflective thinking’ where the practitioner considers and applies a selection of techniques to the teaching and learning process so a fixed set of goals can be achieved successfully and efficiently. Manen (1977) suggests teachers should share their experiences and actions to other practitioners and learners and anyone else involved in the curriculum. To accomplish this goal, I need to ensure I make practical choices, where I take into account other professionals alternative theories and values to develop my