Changes in my practice - reflecting on my personal journey Throughout my Mindlab journey I have faced many challenges. I have at times found it extremely difficult to manage as it has been a very long time since I have undertaken any form of study and I often doubted my abilities as a learner. As I have moved through my journey I have realised that I am a continual learner and this has been particularly true over the last 3 years as I have entered into the e-learning journey and become a successful teacher in a 1:1 digital classroom. Osterman and Kottkamp (1993) has contrasted the traditional approach of professional development by outside experts delivering workshops for schools versus reflective practice model. They suggest that traditional approach results in knowledge acquisition while reflective practice can lead to change in behaviours via self-awareness. PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL VALUES: Practicing Teacher Criterion 4 states as teachers we must &q
My interdisciplinary connection map Andrews (1990) defines interdisciplinary collaboration as occurring "when different professionals, possessing unique knowledge, skills, organizational perspectives, and personal attributes, engage in coordinated problem solving for a common purpose" (cited in Berg-Weger &. Schneider, 1998). This sums up solely the interdisciplinary goal I have identified. We are all engaging on a co-ordinated approach for a common purpose. Below is my professional Connections map. I have included people whose paths I cross regularly as well as those I only cross with intermittently. I have identified two in red that I would consider being potential connections in my current classroom situation. I am sure that this diagram could end up very complex being in a small community where we interact on a regular basis. "When working in an interdisciplinary manner we can draw on multiple perspectives, practices, epistemologies and metho