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Reflective practice

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCommon term

In education & teaching, reflective practice means: The habit of thinking carefully about your own teaching, what worked, what did not and why, in order to learn from experience and improve.

In Turkish: yansıtıcı uygulama, yansıtıcı öğretmenlik, öz değerlendirme

How it is used

Central to teacher education. Trainees keep a reflective journal or write a reflection after each lesson; experienced teachers reflect on practice in professional development. The phrase reflective practitioner is linked to the work of Donald Schön.

Example sentences

  1. Reflective practice helped me see that my instructions were often too long.

  2. The course assesses reflective practice through a weekly teaching journal.

Common collocations

  • reflective practice
  • reflective journal
  • reflect on your teaching
  • reflective practitioner
  • professional developmentTraining, courses and other learning that teachers take part in during their careers to improve their knowledge and teaching skills.
  • lesson observationA visit in which a colleague, mentor or school leader watches a lesson in order to give feedback, support development or evaluate teaching.
  • mentorAn experienced teacher who supports, advises and observes a trainee or new teacher, helping them develop their teaching.
  • teaching practiceThe period of a teacher-training program when student teachers teach real classes in a school under the guidance of experienced teachers.

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