Feedback on Reflection: Facilitating Teacher Professional Growth Through Measures of Reflective Practice

• In Event: Reflective Practice in the Lives of Teachers

Abstract

This study focused on elements of measurement and feedback for teacher reflective practice. The measurement component examined the use of the Survey of reflective practice: A tool for assessing development as a reflective practitioner (Larrivee, 2008) to measure reflective practice and promote reflection, and compared educator responses using rating scale and forced-choice item formats. The feedback component observed teachers and mentors collaborating to set goals that facilitate growth as a reflective practitioner. Results suggest the instrument can be used to measure and facilitate a teacher team’s level of reflection. Further, the forced-choice item format can help mentors move away from a judging and evaluating mindset to a more thoughtful analysis of the qualities that most accurately describe the team.

Authors

• Daniel L. Murphy, Pearson

• Bradley A. Ermeling, Pearson Research and Innovation Network