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my daily practise

What excites me in my daily practise ?
What do I admire ? What gets me enthusiastic?
What makes me angry or sad ?
What do I love about teaching ?
What don’t I understand ?

Like John Dewey I have been thinking about ways to talk about my experience and what having an experience means to me. I have used deweys term of reflective writing to start this essay and throughout will be comparing my reflection on teaching and my reflective thoughts with resources and researchers such as Kurt Lewin, David Kolb,and J Moon to name a few.  Like Dewey I believe reflective thinking is “careful consideration”.

“Active, persistent, and careful consideration of any belief or supposes form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it and the further conclusions to which it tends” (Dewey, 1993).
Like Kolb I believe I learn when involved in having a “concrete experience” Kolb describe this as ‘doing something’ which helps me recognise knowledge and experience more. I’ve always been a very slow learner and with having a learning disability I feel I learn and engage more when I see people doing something. This way I can learn by reflective observation. I also feel like active experimentation also worlds for me as I like to be practical with my learning skills.  Kolb explains that this recognition is the start of your ‘learning cycle’.
I’m trying to recognise my ways of teaching and learning and how I can apply my reflective knowledge in my practise. 
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