December 2016 Being a reflective professional Being able to interact with professionals who are involved in education from different backgrounds and from various countries is indeed a valuable experience and a very exciting prospect. It helps professionals gain a wider perspective on various challenges we face, but also realise how similar our concerns might be. Themes such as possible challenges of class learning and teaching, managing time, incorporating technology in class, the importance of critical reflection and how that would help teachers develop professionally are issues I'd like to explore. The idea of critical reflection is by no means new to me as a teacher. Actively engaging learners and helping them personalising and reflecting on new material is one of the main features our my EFL classes. The American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer, John Dewey, argues that ‘we don’t learn from experience,
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