Recent Trends in Teaching and

Learning

Poornima Rajendran
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur
Recent Trends in Teaching and
Learning
• Blended Learning
• Personalized Learning
• Bite-sized learning (Nanolearning
• STEAM Curriculum
• Genius Hour
• Digital Citizenship (Virtual reality and
augmented reality) 
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
• Gamification
• Experiential Learning
• Project based Learning (Challenge based
learning)
Overview
• Reflective Teaching- Meaning

• Process involved in Reflective Teaching

• Strategies for Reflective Teaching Practice

• Reflective Practice- Significance

Reflective Teaching - Meaning
• ‘looking at what one has done in the classroom,
thinking about why they do it, and thinking about
its effectiveness’

• ‘..a process of self-observation and self-

evaluation..’
- British Council, 2004

• ‘…..means of personal discovery 1) regarding what

is currently being done 2) discovering new ways to
do things through self-awareness’
– Robinson et al., 2001 
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Reflective Teaching – Process
(https://www.smore.com/440zf-reflective-teaching-practices)

Experience
(Past / Present)

Planning
(For future
actions)

Observation

(Documenting
what
happened?)

(Making sense,
Reflection

investigating and
theorising)
 Remembering
What did I do?

Understanding
What was important about it?

Applying
Taxonomy of Where could I use it ?

Reflection
(Peter Pappas, 2010) Analysing
Do I see any patterns in what I did?

Evaluating- How well did I do?

Creating
What should I do next ?
Strategies for Reflective Teaching
Practice
• Writing Diary or Journal

• Collaborative Journal writing

• Peer Observation and Reviews

• Recording Lessons

• Reading and utilizing student assessments

Examples
 Significance
• Human relationships -
• What are you doing? workplace, parenting
• Why are you doing it? • Rehabilitation

• How effective is it?

• Reconciliation
• Mediation
• How are the students
responding? • stress-reduction and
management
• How can you do it
• all sorts of teaching,
better?
training, coaching,
counselling, etc.
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/reflectiv • coping with change and
e-teaching-exploring-our-own-classroom-practice
trauma
RT-Past, Present and Future
• Reflective Practice is a valuable methodology for:

• using insights and learning from our past,

• to assess where we are now,

• to improve our present and future.

Useful Readings
• Dymoke, S & Harrison, J. (2008). Reflective Teaching and Learning, LA: Sage
Publications Pvt. Ltd.

• Pollard, A. and Collins, J. (2005). Reflective Teaching, NY: Continuuam.

• Angelo, T.A. & Cross, K.P. (1993). Classroom Assessment Techniques: A

Handbook for College Teachers. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

• Boud, D. & Kilty, J. (1995). “Using Self Appraisal with Peer Feedback in
Professional Development.” Enhancing Learning through Self-Assessment. D.
Boud (ed.) London: Kogan Page Ltd.

• Davis, B.G. (1993). Tools for Teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.

• Diamond, R.M. (1997). Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

• https://www.businessballs.com/self-awareness/reflective-practice-1824/