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self reflection. What is self reflection?
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Self reflection is the ability to talk about and reflect on yourself.
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It's the ability to observe and reflect on your own emotions,
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cognitive thoughts and behaviours.
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In order to be a leader, a teacher, a researcher and a learner,
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a person must be able to self reflect
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reasons for self reflection.
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There are many reasons to self reflect, and it has a lot to do with growing as a person.
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It is important to question the way we do things so we can
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effectively make whatever it is better and more efficient in the future.
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Some reasons are to make sense of the world around you
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to make changes and to be more effective,
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to become more self aware,
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to develop a deeper understanding of yourself and many more.
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What are some benefits of self reflection?
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Self reflection makes us better as a whole.
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It allows us to become more aware of aspects
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about our lives that are deeper than surface level.
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It can show us are possible weaknesses and allow us to strengthen them.
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Benefits some benefits are that gives you the
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knowledge necessary to improve your teaching skills,
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improving your skills equals increased confidence and it allows
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for confidence are constant upgrades to lessons and routines,
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plus many more things.
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What are some opportunities for reflection?
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There are many opportunities to self reflect in our daily lives,
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and we have to keep our eye out for them.
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Some opportunities can be professional development days.
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We can observe other educators and classrooms.
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We can. We can go to collaborative school meetings
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and we can even watch educational videos and books.
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What are some examples of self reflection?
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Ways to self reflect in the classroom and outside of
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the classroom can consist of many of the following,
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plus more.
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We can record our lessons.
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We can take notes during the day or at the end of every day.
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We can have students do evaluations on us,
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and we can also collaborate with co workers.
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Lastly, how will I use self reflection?
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My personal.
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My personal first goal in my self reflection journey is I would like to start setting
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aside time every day to reflect on the day I will write about what I taught,
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how I taught it, what worked and what didn't
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as well as what I could do differently.
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Next time, this will allow me to grow in my lifelong journey as an educator