A 2500 word critical reflection of my teaching qualities based on the profile of evidence (attached).
Using the peer/learner/self-evaluations collected within the profile of evidence as the basis for the assignment to critically reflect on my personal qualities as a teacher. Link the discussion to relevant literature around teaching styles and qualities necessary within healthcare teaching.
Need to demonstrate the key principles of theories which underpin my approach and my rationale.
To be written in the first person.
To utilise the Harvard Referencing System.
Some issues to be included in the assignment:
Why and how we can reflect on our teaching ? The answer to this question needs to be critically discuss in the introduction (peer evaluation, learner evaluation, self evaluation; why – to improve standards the standards and quality of healthcare education, to ensure learners needs are being met, to ensure I meet professional accountability requirements, to meet CDP requirements, to do the best we can; Reflection – tend to be utilised when looking at a specific incidence or occurrence in depth, involves returning to experience, attending to feelings and evaluating the experience – Kolb’s (1970) reflective learning cycle).
Peer observation of teaching – Consider the advantages and disadvantages of this type of evaluation from the literature and bring it into your essay.
To bring the use of evaluation in the essay – is it good/bad/indifferent? What are the criticism of evaluation tools?
Find out what kind of teacher you are and reflect on it in your essay -to add the disadvantages to give some critical analysis of the theory. I think I am ‘All round flexible and adaptable teacher’ – Mohanna at al, 2010
What non verbal cues do you use in my teaching? ‘ Look at the video you have done and evaluate how effective your non verbal communication is to the students. Look at the literature around this topic and discuss it in your essay’. In the video of my teaching session I have an open body posture, use hand gestures and try to have an eye contact to engage students, I effectively use the space at the front of the class to move around and keep the attention of all learners. This can be find in the profile of evidence 2.1. a video critique of myself as a teacher.
To show awareness of UKPSF (attached)
To mention I used a video critique tool based on an observation instrument developed by Pellegrino and Gerber (2012) – part of profile of evidence
I have attached an example of the assignment.
All statements need to be fully supported by references.
Please let me know if anything needs to be clarified.