II. Step in: reflection
Creating opportunities for participants to engage in self-monitoring and meta cognition by reflecting on their learning experience.II. Step in: reflection
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Questions to consider
Questions to consider
1. How does the PD design build time in at the end to reflect on the process and learning?
2. Within this design, how can participants personally reflect on their own learning, and how it connects to their context and purpose?
transfer tip
Frontload why reflection matters before diving into reflection tasks—discuss how it helps learners retain new knowledge as they articulate and connect to other regions of the brain. transfer tip
Why does reflection matter?
Why does reflection matter?
Along with multiple modalities, participant choice, collaborative learning, and dialogue, effective PD sessions build out intentional space for participant reflection.
There are multiple times during a session where reflection might be helpful to deepen the learning. You could use reflection to: spark prior knowledge, peak interest, or consolidate knowledge or skills from activities If you are want more information on how to lead group reflection in a debrief session, head to Debrief the Experience.
reflection in the Learning cycle
reflection in the Learning cycle
motivational minute on reflection
motivational minute on reflection
the power of purposeful reflection
the power of purposeful reflection
It's not often that we are explicitly taught how to reflect.
As adults, we are also rarely given time to do so.
Without reflection, the status quo continues— to create change, there must be purposeful reflection.
How can we define Reflection?
Adapted from Merriam-Webster Dictionary: reflectionHow can we define Reflection?
The action of bending or folding back
Something produced by reflecting
A thought, idea, or opinion formed or remark made as a result of meditation
Consideration of some subject matter, idea, or purpose
Turning back, returning
TRY: For a quick reflection activity, ask participants to fill in the sentence "I used to think _______, but now I think ______."
benefits of metacognition
benefits of metacognition
HOLD UP...WHAT IS "METACOGNITION"? WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH REFLECTION?
“Metacognition refers to people’s abilities to predict their performances on various tasks...and to monitor their current levels of mastery and understanding...Teaching practices congruent with a metacognitive approach to learning include those that focus on sense-making, self-assessment, and reflection on what worked and what needs improving. These practices have been shown to increase the degree to which students transfer their learning to new settings and events.”
- Bransford et. al, (1999), p. 12
"Increasing the developmental capacities of adults and the quality of their professional practice, requires that we provide an environment that is both welcoming of individuals at their current developmental level and also encouraging of their greater psychological growth."
"Professional development programs that provide avenues for identifying, reflecting on, and altering one’s core beliefs...can offer this kind of assistance."
– Helsing et. al, "Putting the Development in Professional Development" (2008), p. 462
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