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REFLECTION AS A TEACHER.
"Be a reflective teacher; honestly look at what you do from time to time. Evaluate the purpose of your role as a teacher". - Robert John Meehan.

Reflective teaching is a process where teachers think over their teaching practices, analyzing how something was taught and how the practice might be improved or changed for better learning outcomes. A teacher's duty is not just to teach something or do the work which is assigned to them. A good teacher duty is also to reflect upon their work, it would be good if they reflect each and everyday instances that happened. Instances might be perfect or imperfect, it is up to the teacher who takes the things/ matter. Bad situations might be there, instead of feeling sad or bad about it work hard to improve that situation through analyzing or reflecting.

A reflective teacher should be wholeheartedness, open mindedness and responsibility. Wholeheartedness is where a reflective teacher should be dedicated and committed to teach all the students, not just certain students. There is no partiality to be shown between the students and all the students are to be treated equally. A reflective teacher should be open-mindedness;like the teacher should be able to accept all the practices and strategies that are followed in school, in case of any thing needs changes can also be done prior to the authorities permission. A teacher should be more responsible of whatever they are doing. They should be aware of their actions and their consequences. Your actions must have a definite and responsible selected purpose. We should have an obligation to consider their consequences in relation to the lives of the students.

In the busy life schedule, there would be no time to reflect is what we assume. But at least few minutes we have to have time to reflect about our duties of what we did in our teaching or given task on our daily basis. Reflections are really very good and as teachers it plays a very important role in our life. A teacher can change the life of a student. In order to change that student's life, a teacher needs a deep reflection about it, how to handle things, what would be the consequences etc. Not only with respect to the students life even the teachers life like how was the teaching? why did it happen like? how to handle that situation? how to improve etc.

By analyzing and reflecting many things can be changed and learned which would be of a good cause. "The more reflective you are, the more effective you are". - Hall & Simeral