What motivates such reflective essays? Any teacher who takes the time and effort to produce such a work will find it an enormously informative and valuable exercise. Many teachers have already formulated a brief version of the reflective essay in the form of a statement of teaching philosophy. The most effective statements of teaching philosophy are encapsulated examples of the reflective essay on teaching.
Now that the students understand the components and criteria of a reflective essay, they are prepared to begin writing their own. Of course, the first step is deciding on a topic. There are a number of ways that the teacher may assist students in making this process easier. Ideally, students will already be brainstorming on possible topics because of the time spent on the introductory phase, in particular, reading touchstone texts of reflective essays.
In a classroom of my own, I would lead a topic brainstorming activity where I would participate with the class. A variety of prompts would be used in order to stir their minds and emotions. A great way to run this activity is to have the students bring in the touchstone texts that they have found themselves, and share them with the rest of the class.
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Teaching the Reflective Essay
As teachers of writing, we will say to our students, “Read more!” “Write more!” Does it matter what they arereading and writing? Not really. However, it does matter that they are aware of what they are reading and writing.