Programa British Conciul Formador de Facilitadores PNIEB Sesión 4

1. Session 4: Teachers’ Journal and
the Principles of Reflection
British Council 2014

2. Teacher’s Journal &
Principles of Reflection
Learning outcomes
By the end of Session 1, Formadores will be better able to:
• Find their way around the Teacher Journal
• Effectively reflect on their own learning
• Explain the importance of reflecting on their learning and
teaching
• Reflect on today’s training sessions.
• Record their reflections and notes in their journal and reflect on
what they have learned and how they can develop and improve.
• Plan any action they need to take, based on today’s training
sessions.

3. What’s the difference
between ...
• a diary
• a journal

4. Continuing Professional
Development
ELT conferences, networking groups, teaching
magazines, trying out and developing your own
materials, membership of professional
associations, mentoring colleagues, observing
and being observed, resources from
publishers, reflection on teaching practice,
classroom action research, specialisation such
as young learners or business English, take a
training course, attend a workshop

5. Reflection – what is it?
Thinking about the
things that happen in the
classroom, why they
happen, our responses
to them, insights into
why things did/didn’t
work, etc.

6. Why is reflection an important
part of a teacher’s life?
• To consolidate what we are learning
• To give us a chance to think
• To allow us to make links between what we
are learning and our own context/practice
• To allow us to consider how we will
implement what they have learned
• To enable us to identify any gaps in our
knowledge and ask questions or seek
clarification.

7. Complete the sentences in the
first column of the table
• Something new I learned …
• Something I really enjoyed …
• Something I need to know more about …
• Something I found difficult …
• Something I didn’t enjoy so much …
• Something I will try with my class …

8. Homework
• Read the suggestions about Reflection in
the Teacher’s Journal. Write up your own
reflections from your first day’s training in
your journal.