Reflective Teaching (at glance)

Reflective teaching means looking at what the teachers do in the classroom, thinking about why they do it, and thinking about if it works – a process of self-observation and self-evaluation (Navaneedhan, 2011). Reflective teaching is an inquiry approach that emphasizes an ethic of care, a constructivist approach to teaching, and creative problem solving (Henderson, 2001). Overall, based on those two theories, it can be concluded that reflective teaching is a process of teachers to think about their teaching practice in the classroom, make an analyze about knowledge that they taught, and evaluate about their teaching for the sake of better learning outcomes in the future teaching. Beside, the teachers also look at themself wheter they have weaknesses and strength in their teaching process. The concept of reflective teaching, reflective practices involves throughfully considering one’s own experiences in applying knowledge to practice while being coached by professionals in the discipline (Schon, 1996). So, the concept of reflective teaching is just like when the teachers use their own experience to teach while at the same time they are being taught in teaching.