Entrance Slip - Grant and Zeichner Article
In reading this article, the section on "How to Begin" stands out to me, for the reason that reading the sections on Openmindedness, Responsibility, and Wholeheartedness give me the warm feeling of "hey, I do that, good for me." I am stimulated by this idea because I realize that being a teacher candidate requires me to be reflective, and that does not necessarily translate into being a reflective teacher. I am then challenged to find a way to continue being reflective once I have progressed from a teacher candidate to a working teacher.
A lot of the examples in this article can relate to my experience and my life, but somewhat abstractly. Given when it is written, it leans toward saying "compare your beliefs with other beliefs" in a way that puts emphasis on cultural and racial understanding, but it is vague enough that this same mindset stands up in 2019 with the additional social issues that have become more prevalent in recent years, such as gender identity, for example.
I feel like a short-coming of this article is that it doesn't put enough time into discussing how to maintain a reflective attitude. It does well to explain how to begin to reflect on my ideas about teaching right now, but my landscape will change significantly once I'm in a classroom working, and I would appreciate strategies on keeping that open-mindedness in the workplace, and not falling into a routine.
A lot of the examples in this article can relate to my experience and my life, but somewhat abstractly. Given when it is written, it leans toward saying "compare your beliefs with other beliefs" in a way that puts emphasis on cultural and racial understanding, but it is vague enough that this same mindset stands up in 2019 with the additional social issues that have become more prevalent in recent years, such as gender identity, for example.
I feel like a short-coming of this article is that it doesn't put enough time into discussing how to maintain a reflective attitude. It does well to explain how to begin to reflect on my ideas about teaching right now, but my landscape will change significantly once I'm in a classroom working, and I would appreciate strategies on keeping that open-mindedness in the workplace, and not falling into a routine.
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