Entrance Slip - Reflective Teacher

I can relate to the part where the article says you will be bombarded in courses and practicums with suggestions and advice regarding the numerous techniques and strategies that we can potentially use in education. It is already happening and can be seen from personal past teachers. It goes back to the idea that all teachers have their own way of teaching, and there is no perfect teaching technique. Teachers teach who they are, and since there are endless combinations of teacher and students, there will also be many combinatons of teaching methods.

It is really interesting how Phillip Jackson estimated teachers engae in approximately 1000 interpersonal interactions on any given day. It is a number far greater than what I expected. As mentioned in the article, human actions are defined as reflective and routine in nature by John Dewey. Hence, Jackson suggested that just because classrooms are fast-paced and complex envrionments doesn't mean reflective teaching cannot be used. However, due to the difficulties of actually using such technique, some may argue that reflective teaching is not really necessary, as stated in Scheffler's view.