Reflective Practice means thinking critically about one's experiences in order to be better understand them and improve one's practice in the future. These are 12 techniques from World Learning to make you practice them at home after teaching.
1. Use your full attention to read the posts
If you want to give good feedback, try to listen or read in full attention. Put aside all distraction.
2. Reflect before responding
There are three questions you should ask to yourself before responding somebody.
- Do you fully understand what they just say?
- What is this person needs to exam?
- How could you help her/him to do that?
Because there is a time break in the written discussion, you can actually restate or summarize what you read instead of simply asking for clarification.
4. Recognize the emotional side
If the person you are talking to knows that you will not understand him/her, she will not talk to you. So, you can try to be in the same shoe with them here.
5. Offer alternatives
Let our friend see alternative interpretations. Help him see other point of views, which is at the heart of critical thinking.
6. Share your point of view, knowledge, or experience
Maybe through your experience, they can see more perspectives and interpretations.
7. Request more information
When you want to request some additional information of what your partner is saying, it means that you are really listening. By doing this, you can also emerge some important information that your friend may not think of, which can help him/her overcome the problem.
8. Ask questions that the other person hasn't thought of
Do not let assumptions come in. In critical thinking, we need to examine our assumptions by asking questions. The ones that other may not think of.
9. Take an objective stance
Take an objective stance to offer more point of view because people who are emotionally involved to a story may not think critically.
10. Offer a different way of seeing things
It's just the same like point 6, however, here you can try to tell another person's point of view.
11. Get the other persons thinking about the future
Reflective practices help us to improve ourselves in the future. Think about the implications in the future and learn from your past. After teaching, I usually write down what I need to improve in my own diary. You can provide a special book for yourself to write the reflective practice.]
12. Be respectful.
Still be respectful to the other persons in choosing our comments ans questions wisely.
Happy Trying!
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