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A really useful resource from the University of Edinburgh: a Reflection toolkit with material both for those doing the reflection and for those facilitating or assessing reflection. Additionally there is a literature review on reflection, and a substantial bibliography. Via Elizabeth E Charles 
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Employing solid learning retention activities with your learners means using tools you can call on anytime to help students remember learning. The learning retention activities offered in the TeachThought article 15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them are among the simplest and the best for every teacher to use. Each one encourages the natural reflection process that helps our students absorb learning effectively. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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In his book, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg describes keystone habits as,“small changes or habits that people introduce into their routines that unintentionally carry over into other aspects of their lives." Reflection has been one Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Miloš Bajčetić
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Thinking about Thinking Optimizes Learning
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=reflection
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Psychology
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Metacognition
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March 10, 2017 7:06 PM
Thinking about Thinking Optimizes Learning
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=reflection
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Psychology
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Metacognition
CCM Consultancy's curator insight,
March 12, 2017 4:07 AM
Teaching learners to think about their own "thinking" can be one of the most empowering tools. When learners engage in reflective thinking it develops a growth rather than a fixed mindset.
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The beginning of a new year typically presents individuals with a designated time and opportunity to reflect upon the events of the past 365 days, to cherish the unforgettable moments, to learn from mistakes or disappointments, and most importantly, to set goals for the next chapter in this adventure we call life. In education, we call these types of behaviors “reflective practice”, or the manner in which teachers step back and evaluate the learning environment.
As in any other profession, we assess what was successful, what didn’t work as planned and/or what needs to be adjusted the next time—all in an effort to improve our craft.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=reflection
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/update-twitter-chats-what-to-do-better/
https://www.pinterest.com/swirlz42/mia-macmeekin/
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November 12, 2016 11:17 AM
The beginning of a new year typically presents individuals with a designated time and opportunity to reflect upon the events of the past 365 days, to cherish the unforgettable moments, to learn from mistakes or disappointments, and most importantly, to set goals for the next chapter in this adventure we call life. In education, we call these types of behaviors “reflective practice”, or the manner in which teachers step back and evaluate the learning environment.
As in any other profession, we assess what was successful, what didn’t work as planned and/or what needs to be adjusted the next time—all in an effort to improve our craft.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=reflection
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/update-twitter-chats-what-to-do-better/
https://www.pinterest.com/swirlz42/mia-macmeekin/
Martha Bongiorno's curator insight,
November 14, 2016 9:48 AM
With teachers ever increasing to-do list, it's not unheard of to put our reflections on the back burner. This is one of the most important parts of our profession, and we need to make time for it. Here are some ideas on how to reflect!
GwynethJones's curator insight,
December 10, 2016 9:44 PM
It's important to take the time to REFLECT on your teaching practice. It's a good practice! And it's from @JoyceValenza. So it's gotta be good, right?
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By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching Professor Blog
"One of the best gifts teachers can give students are the experiences that open their eyes to themselves as learners. Most students don’t think much about how they learn. Mine used to struggle to write a paragraph describing the study approaches they planned to use in my communication courses. However, to be fair, I’m not sure I had a lot of insights about my learning when I was a student. Did you? Via Miloš Bajčetić
Audrey's curator insight,
November 27, 2014 12:15 PM
Questions such as the two below are very helpful in getting students to think about their own learning and to take responsibility rather than waiting for the teacher to always direct them: Say, for example, you don’t think you’re any good at math, or that you can’t write or draw, what happens when you have to do these things? Does what you believe about yourself as a learner have any effect on how you perform?Have you ever learned something you didn’t think you could learn? What? How did you feel once you had learned it?
I recently asked students to do work they had not been asked previously to do. The result was: all 13 students performed very well. They had to write and think in different ways. I asked them to write an essay in 25 minutes on a topic they had not previously studied.
The other topic was: to make sentences using homonyns. A homonyn is a word that is spelt the same or sounds the same as another word but is different in meaning, e.g. ate and eight; berry and bury; red and read.
Although the majority of the students were foreign and were learning English as a second language, they were able to complete the task exceptionally well. They were allowed to work in twos but none of them consulted a dictionary. All of them completed 10 sentences using homonyns such as: bore/boar; birth/berth; bald/bawled; pray/prey; principle/principal; missed/mist, etc ....without asking me the meanings.
What this demonstrates is that in the right environment / atmosphere a person will use their brain processes. What educators should always be doing is encouraging the intake of knowledge in a variety of contexts, situations: students should visit museums, banks to learn real mathematics; House of Parliament to question politicians, etc....
Learn psychology on http://www.hotmoodle.com 
Jose Pietri's curator insight,
December 5, 2014 5:39 AM
Usable in LEC and other self-learning based approaches. 
media350's curator insight,
March 18, 2015 9:58 AM
A list of well crafted and thought provoking prompts for reflection.
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"Next gen tools provide meaningful ways teachers and students can explore, question, reflect and share–leading to Deeper Learning and blended and personalized opportunities for students. Here are 25 ideas for using next gen tools this year in your classroom." Via Beth Dichter, Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
September 3, 2014 9:44 PM
Why would we want to use next gen tools in our classroom? One reason is they provide a richer experience for our students, richer content, potentially richer discussions, and more as well as the fact that these tools are often multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory. The 25 tools listed here address large parts of the curriculum as well as grade levels. Five are listed below. Click through to the post to learn more about them and twenty more. * PBS for Educators has many resources available. This post highlights three specifically: Point of View (which is geared to older students); SCI Girls (think STEM); and Daily News Story (as you probably guessed we are talking current events). * Big History Project goal is to develop a full curriculum for high school. At this point they have four key areas: the universe, or solar system and Earth, Life and Humans, with a total of seven "threshholds." * Do you want your students to publish work online? Consider checking out EduBlog, KidBlog and Blogger? Have fun exploring and teach your students (and yourself) some next gen tools! 
Tony Guzman's curator insight,
September 4, 2014 9:43 AM
Some great tools to consider for your classroom. 
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
September 4, 2014 4:20 PM
A useful list of top quality resources.
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"By the end of 2014, more than 3 billion people will have access to the Internet, which means that they (we) have the power to ask any question at any time and get a multitude of answers within a second ..."
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Proactive+Thinking
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The role of reflection is vital to retention and helping people integrate what they learned. Reflection is also one of the best ways to improve performance. Via diane gusa
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A website to support Reflection in Education K-16 The following technologies can support reflection: web logs (‘blogs’) as reflective journals, wikis as collaborative websites, digital storytelling/podcasting, Twitter and social networks.
Tim Hopper's curator insight,
January 1, 2014 10:31 AM
I used this quote in my dissertation, got to love Dewey. 
Mirta Liliana Filgueira's curator insight,
January 1, 2014 11:23 AM
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Reflection could also be described as the ‘opposite’ of activating prior knowledge. Reflection is functional neurologically (reinforcing learning as a ‘memory), but also useful as a practice, helping students understand the scale and value of what they just experienced. Via John Evans
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Educational feedback though, has two main areas: assessing students and teacher evaluation. These may be complimentary (or not), but very much a feature of many educators' days. In this sense, I'd like to share the following infographic on the types of feedback which is possible to give learners and further on, a couple of suggestions on feedback and professional development for educators. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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When educators take the time to explicitly frame the maker activities and build meaningful reflection in at the end, they're helping to ensure kids are reaching Via John Evans, Dean J. Fusto, Elizabeth E Charles
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Learning is more than just asking questions and getting answers (whether through social media or a search engine), there’s an active component to learning that is too often forgotten. When I look at the tools in the Top 100 tools for learning, I see some reflective tools, e.g. writing, but I may be one of the few who’s talking about diagramming tools, and I think that’s important. Not diagramming, per se, but representation tools that allow us to express our understanding.
In short, we act and reflect to develop our ability to do something different and presumably better. The second is that this is separate from instruction, which is designed action and guided reflection. Self-learning, however, requires self-designed action and self-guided reflection.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=reflection
Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
February 9, 2017 10:07 AM
Learning is more than just asking questions and getting answers (whether through social media or a search engine), there’s an active component to learning that is too often forgotten. When I look at the tools in the Top 100 tools for learning, I see some reflective tools, e.g. writing, but I may be one of the few who’s talking about diagramming tools, and I think that’s important. Not diagramming, per se, but representation tools that allow us to express our understanding.
In short, we act and reflect to develop our ability to do something different and presumably better. The second is that this is separate from instruction, which is designed action and guided reflection. Self-learning, however, requires self-designed action and self-guided reflection.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=reflection
CCM Consultancy's curator insight,
February 19, 2017 12:17 AM
Learning is more than just asking questions and getting answers, learning is action and reflection. The outcome is a new response to the same stimuli.
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One of the best gifts teachers can give students are the experiences that open their eyes to themselves as learners. Most students don’t think much about how they learn. Mine used to struggle to write a paragraph describing the study approaches they planned to use in my communication courses. However, to be fair, I’m not sure I had a lot of insights about my learning when I was a student. Did you? Via Becky Roehrs
Becky Roehrs's curator insight,
November 12, 2014 11:39 AM
I liked asking students these questions near the end of my class:
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"Next gen tools provide meaningful ways teachers and students can explore, question, reflect and share–leading to Deeper Learning and blended and personalized opportunities for students. Here are 25 ideas for using next gen tools this year in your classroom." Via Beth Dichter
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
September 3, 2014 9:44 PM
Why would we want to use next gen tools in our classroom? One reason is they provide a richer experience for our students, richer content, potentially richer discussions, and more as well as the fact that these tools are often multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory. The 25 tools listed here address large parts of the curriculum as well as grade levels. Five are listed below. Click through to the post to learn more about them and twenty more. * PBS for Educators has many resources available. This post highlights three specifically: Point of View (which is geared to older students); SCI Girls (think STEM); and Daily News Story (as you probably guessed we are talking current events). * Big History Project goal is to develop a full curriculum for high school. At this point they have four key areas: the universe, or solar system and Earth, Life and Humans, with a total of seven "threshholds." * Do you want your students to publish work online? Consider checking out EduBlog, KidBlog and Blogger? Have fun exploring and teach your students (and yourself) some next gen tools!
Tony Guzman's curator insight,
September 4, 2014 9:43 AM
Some great tools to consider for your classroom.
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
September 4, 2014 4:20 PM
A useful list of top quality resources.
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Each course in the E- Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate program is eight weeks in length. I am amazed at what 40 weeks of learning can produce in a well designed program. Reflective journaling is a learning activity that promotes metacognition and is an integral part of the certificate program.
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"I have been working on a tool for students to do a self assessment/reflection and feedback...The tool is based around the work of Stephen Dinham which is used be DET NSW and New Zealand eductors John Hattie & Helen Timperley." Via Beth Dichter
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
April 4, 2014 9:21 PM
Andrew Church has created a tool for Self-Assessment and Reflection that asks students to answer 4 questions: * What can I do? ((How am I going?) * What can't I do? (How am I going?) * How does my work compare with others? (How am I going?) * What can I do better? (Where do I go next?) And then students are asked to look ahead with this question: * What are my next steps? (What actions are you going to take as a result of your reflections? Who can help me? Where to next?) You can download two versions of this as a pdf file. One is in portrait mode and one in landscape mode. Church also asks that you provide him with feedback. 
Carol Thomson's curator insight,
April 6, 2014 3:35 PM
Have been looking for something i can use with students that they understand and dont panic about.
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Reflective Teaching is a habit of mind that requires consciously thinking about how teaching practices impact students’ learning.
Reflection is a tool to self-assess your practice. Once you have collected this information, plan a course of action so that you can implement change. You might decide to find more research on an area where you need improvement, attend a conference, or read magazines or books related to the topic for which you are seeking information.
Once you begin to implement changes be sure you take the time to reflect once again.
===> Reflection is a continuous cycle that begins once you develop the habit of mind to think about your practice. <===
Via Gust MEES, Anna Hu
Gust MEES's curator insight,
April 19, 2013 5:13 AM
===> Reflection is a continuous cycle that begins once you develop the habit of mind to think about your practice. <===
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