Dr. Madhuri Suresh Isave
Associate Professor, Tilak College of Education, Pun e-30 ([email protected])
In Indian knowledge driven society we expect a drastic change in the nature of higher education to build a vibrant society. Now a days number size and types of higher educational institutions are increases. Many recent trend arises and implemented in higher educational institution for example, online learning, Mooc courses, digital learning, flexible learning choice based credit system, skill based education to develop skills in the students, soft skill development etc. In technological era students are given more focus on online learning. Communication media and technology is in their hand. Because of easy access students are going very far from offline library especially in reading book. Many researches shown for the updation of knowledge we need the base of traditional knowledge then we can logically analyze the situation. The provision of online education to a learner is to accommodate more flexibility for them. The every higher educational institution are trying to maintain stability in globalized world. Student exchange programme offered in higher education level .It is useful for international collaboration and internationally student mobility for the transformation of knowledge.Teacher exchange programme are implemented for the participation in short /long term duration programme in foreign countries. The priorities of education are skill development, employment, value education and quality education. The skill development education prepares people for a specific goal which is necessary for utilizing expertise in particular field. In the present paper highlighted the recent trend in higher education is reflective teaching and learning.
Keywords- Online, Higher education, reflective teaching, recent trends
Introduction-
Teaching is a bipolar process in which students & teachers both are engaged. Teacher starts his training at pre-service level. Then he gets appointed in school .As the experience goes on increasing teacher’s teaching quality gets raised slowly. But one may not pay attention purposefully in this process. If the teacher plans to observe his teaching through various techniques he might get mastery over teaching more efficient way. This process is called reflective teaching.
Reflective teaching means looking at what you do in the classroom thinking about why you do it and thinking about if it works- a process of self –observation and self – evaluation .By collecting information about what goes o in our classroom by analyzing and
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evaluating this information , we identify and explore our own practices and underlying beliefs. This may then lead to changes and improvements in our teaching .Reflective teaching involves recognizing , examining and ruminating over the way an individual teaches.
A reflective teaching is a potential avenue for raising awareness and enhancing the practice of experienced teachers as well as advancing the professional development of novice teachers. Implementing techniques that promote reflective teaching plays an important role in the development of novice teachers. It can have a positive impact in the professional growth of graduate students in faculty –like positions which consequently has a twofold effect. It contributes to enhancing the quality of education received by undergraduate students and better prepares the future professoriate.
Reflection means carefully analyzing our action. Reflection can be done in anything in day to day life like thoughts our work and we can do it in a better way due to systematic thinking. Reflective thinking and reflective teaching are two very similar words .Reflection when it comes in teaching the term introduces reflective teaching.
Reflective teaching makes the teacher to introspect and do self-analysis. It is a process of self-observation and self-evaluation. For that teacher collects information about what goes on in our classroom. By analyzing and evaluating this information tend to get positive and negative things in teaching learning process. Then teacher makes changes and do improvements in teaching learning process. Reflective teaching involves recognizing, examining and ruminating over the way an individual teaches. If teachers have their cognitive and affective skills via reflective teaching, this could improve their ability to react and respond ( as they are teaching) to assess , revise and implement approaches and activities on the spot. This could also develop further personal experience .Importantly this could aid in encouraging teachers in their role as autonomous professional by encouraging them to take greater responsibilities for their own professional growth by deepening an awareness of their practice set within their unique particular socio-political contexts.
All the teacher trainees start their teaching career through taking lessons. In that stage if they get an idea how to use reflective teaching strategy it will be helpful for their professional development . Various teacher trainees think about the preparation before their lessons. But they do not think and analyze their lessons through noting down the reflections. Reflective
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Planning Bearing in mind your conclusion Experience Do Something Conceptualise Make Generalization Reflection Think about what you did
teaching is based on experience and work on the actions based on that. So proper guidance would make help them to develop the teaching skills more efficiently.
Kolb’s learning Cycle( Concept of Reflective Teaching)
Kolbs learning cycle is a well known theory which argues that individual learn from experience of life.According to kolb(19840 the process of lerning follows a patteren or cycle consisting of four stages that is planning,experience,conceptualization and reflection.
Phase I : Experience - life is full of experiences we learn many things from our