Entrance Slip: Grant & Zeichner article on being a reflective teacher

Even though this article was written in an older time and place, it does speak to me. Several concepts mentioned in this article relate to my life and views as a teacher candidate. For instance, the attitudes that the article describes as open mindedness, responsibility, and wholeheartedness are all attitudes that I feel are necessary to be a successful educator. Together, the article says that these attitudes encompass a reflective teacher and I agree with the idea that teachers should begin to adopt these attitudes in an effort to improve inquiry and learning in their classrooms.

Parts of this article, however, seem dated such as Phillip Jackson's belief that teachers would not be able to function at all in classrooms if they spent more time reflecting about the purposes and consequences of their work. I believe this thinking it dated because we now know that reflection is an important aspect to consider when promoting inquiry in classrooms.

This article helps me develop ideas on inquiry as a teacher by introducing reflection as a method of promoting inquiry in the classroom. By being open minded, responsible, and wholehearted, as a teacher I can accept new and old information and ideas while being critical of them at the same time. After all, this will only increase the learning and teaching experience in and outside the classroom.

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