The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook: Becoming an Extended Professional through Enacting Evidence-Informed Practice

The Teachers Reflective Practice Handbook is a multi-dimensional framework of reflective practice designed to help teachers develop high-quality teaching and maximize pupil learning. It combines the intent to preserve seminal contributions with key changes in policy discourse, teacher education, and curriculum reform. Chapters invite teachers to engage in reflective conversations and evaluate their own teaching through classroom research procedures. It includes reflective tasks, links to online resources, exemplification material, and further reading to develop and challenge their own thinking.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Teachers Reflective Practice Handbook is a comprehensive guide designed to assist student, early career, and experienced teachers in developing high-quality teaching practices and maximizing pupil learning. This second edition combines the intent to preserve the integrity of seminal contributions advanced by eminent scholars and practitioners over the years with the aim of broadening its reach to reflect key changes in policy discourse, teacher education, school and curriculum reform underpinned by evidence-informed research on effective teaching and learning.

The handbook is organized into chapters that encourage readers to engage in descriptive, comparative, and critical reflective conversations across nine dimensions of reflective practice. These dimensions include questioning personal theories, beliefs, and assumptions about teaching, systematically evaluating one's own teaching through classroom research procedures, trying out new strategies and ideas to appropriate new knowledge, and tailoring inclusive provision for all learners.

To develop and challenge one's thinking, the handbook includes a range of reflective tasks, links to online resources, exemplification material, and further reading. It serves as an essential and accessible guide that supports the enactment of reflective practice through self- and peer-assessment, solution-focused learning, professional development, and improvement planning. By building a meaningful portfolio of evidence-informed practice, teachers can enhance the quality of their teaching and continue to improve their practice.

The Teachers Reflective Practice Handbook is a valuable resource for educators at all stages of their careers, as it provides a framework for reflection, self-improvement, and professional growth. Its multi-dimensional approach and comprehensive coverage of reflective practice dimensions make it an invaluable tool for educators seeking to enhance their teaching and learning outcomes.

Weight: 424g
Dimension: 173 x 244 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032308890
Edition number: 2 ed