This week’s workshop reinforced the importance of feedback in my professional practice. Firstly, hearing the feedback of the group’s performance before mine altered what I had planned to do, such as ensuring that my voice was projecting well. Hearing my feedback gave me opportunity to develop and reflect on my skill set. Reflecting on this, I understand that students must firstly be open to accepting the feedback. It is important to me to be able to build a classroom culture that welcomes feedback, and does not view constructive feedback in a negative way.
The workshop this week made me reflect on the type of feedback I give. I am trying to improve the feedback I provide, as I find in the past I tend give empty feedback such as “that’s great” or “good job”. This feedback is not useful, and I am trying to be more conscious of giving good critical feedback. Good feedback address both cognitive and motivational factors at the same time (Brookhart, 2008, p.2). In my professional practice, I will try and focus on feedback that addresses the quality of work, process, and strategies used, rather than personal comments that do not draw attention to the student’s learning (Brookhart, 2008, p.4).
Brookhart, S. (2008). How to give effective feedback to your students . Alexandria, Va: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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