Reflective Practice and Professional Development
- Peter Tarrant - Edinburgh University, UK
Program Evaluation
The connections between reflective practice and professional development are the focus for this book, which offers guidance to support lasting change and provides strategies to enable self-initiated professional development.
The book includes:
- Traditional approaches to reflective practice
- How to enhance the effectiveness of reflective practice
- Putting reflective practice in context
- How reflective practice can improve attainment for students and staff
- An Appendix of useful resources
With case studies from new and experienced teachers, as well as examples of reflective practice from trainee teachers and from students studying across a range of Education courses, this book equips the reader to develop their own reflective practice framework. Relevant also to practitioners working across the children's workforce, it encourages personal and professional development for the whole range of professionals working in education and care.
This text places reflective practice in its rightful place- as a fundamental part of the teaching, learning and assessment cycle. I have recommended this text for use with student teachers but it would be equally beneficial for current practitioners and NQTs.
This will prove a really useful text.
Pragmatic approach - useful 'how to' information for students backed up with relevant theory. Links with practice and PDP for students.
Excellent text on performance reflection, however only partly relevant due to delivery in an alternate field. Recommended as a supplementary text.
Provides an overview of the field. Very much recommended
Does not really fit with the course for the students at the college. An excellent book though for aspiring teachers.
This is a really well written and easy to read book.
A very good book for year 1 and 2 undergraduates. It provides a comprehensive overview of a range of theory with useful ideas as to how reflective practice can support the identification and meeting of professional development targets. There are well designed activities for students to work through and my students have found the case studies very useful.
probably at too high a level for BA undergraduates. Really aimed at those in / planning to join the education profession
useful background reading for Masters students in sport development/coaching
