Teacher impact through reflection

1. What kind of challenge is the lecturer talking about?
2. What is self-reflection the key of?
3. What suggestions does Heidi give us to encourage reflection?
4. What kind of impact can be achieved through reflection?
1. The challenge she is talking about is to use reflection, change and grow in our teaching in order to reach our aim of making a difference in our students’ lives. So she poses a technique to help us take the challenge, that is to video tape some of our classes and use this as a resource of self discovery, to improve our practice and to make impact.
2. Self reflection is the key of making difference in our learners’ lives, through this you improve your practice, define your style, and make impact in learners’ lives.
3. Some suggestions are to create a safe and respectful environment and learn from their mistakes; to know our students, their culture, background, and needs; consider student-teacher interaction, using different methods and approaches to improve our teaching styles and fit into students’ needs and wills.
4. Through reflection we can improve and change our classes and teaching style and in that way, our students lives as well.