Importance Of Reflection On Teaching

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1) It is important to reflect on your teaching because as a teacher you need to see if the lesson was effective.
a) When you teach any lesson you should reflect to see if your students understood the concepts you were trying to teach. If your students were confused for the majority of the lesson or disengaged, then your lesson needs to be reevaluated. Reflection on teaching is helpful in future lessons because it allows you to see what ways your students learn best. If you tried teaching with a video, but the students did not remember the content then you know for next time that you should make the video shorter, or not use a video for this group of students. Adversely, if your students remembered everything after playing an interactive game, then you should try to incorporate that into more lessons. It is important to make judgments about your instruction so that you can become a better teacher. If you become …show more content…

Once I have a job, I plan on working and continuing my education. I would like to receive my master’s degree in Special Education. Continuing my learning by furthering my degree will help my students and myself. It will give me a better understanding of Special needs individuals and the best ways to teach them to make them successful. Being a Special Education teacher I will constantly be trying to learn new methods and ideas to better help my students. I am always going to try to stay up to date with the newest technology because technology is beneficial for these students and it helps make learning and other activities more accessible. Another area I would like to continue to learn about is apps. Many apps are beneficial and help students with special needs accomplish tasks that seemed impossible. I am going to try to continue to learn everything I can in my field to ensure I provide my students with the best learning and environment they can

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