Reflective Practice
EDU5117.01
Course Description
Summary
This seminar, taken in conjunction with students' term-long teaching apprenticeship, helps to establish both an ideological and a practical foundation for self-recognition, classroom problem-solving, and smart colleagueship. Through reading, class discussions and various projects related to our individual and collective experiences, we compare, contrast, reflect, and improve together as teachers. The capstone assignment of the seminar is the creation of the Professional Portfolio required for licensure in Vermont.
Learning Outcomes
- o Guide content through questions and enduring knowledge
o Scaffold and characterize instruction to yield the desired result
o Improvise
• Nurture habits of reflective practice
o Understand the value of reflective practice
o Be able to reflect effectively on teaching and learning
o Become au fait with theoretical constructs and their possible application
• Understand the implications and expectations of the teaching field
o Be informed about issues pertinent to education
o Effectively advocate for yourself and your students
o Learn what it means to be a colleague
o Energize and prepare yourself for the challenges of acting as a mechanism for change
• Complete the required Professional Portfolio with appropriate quality
Prerequisites
Open only to student teachers pursuing licensure. Students must already have a conferred Bachelor's degree to register for this course.
Please contact the faculty member : jpitcher@bennington.edu