Reflection


HTH GSE Conceptual Framework: Reflection
* Connect theory and practice so that each informs the other.
* Take action and reflect on that action to improve teaching and learning.
* Develop and articulate a personal philosophy grounded in the HTH design principles
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GSE Year I

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I wrote this poem after getting lost in my attempts to find a parking garage at UCSD.  I was sure that my newly met HTH GSE colleagues had begun their research in the multi-floored library and I would never find them.
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Making Connections
While teaching a lesson on strategies good readers employ that specifically dealt with making connections, I used the Connections strategy to bring closure to two texts students read.  This strategy, coupled with a Quaker Read, emphasized the texts main points and allowed students to make personal and more global connections.
Reflection


GSE Year II

During Year II of the teacher leadership program I reflected continually.  Initially, I took up blogging, but I burned out on that.  In retrospect, it would have been a GREAT idea to continue blogging even though I fell into a rut, because those reflections would have helped me with the Findings section of my Action Research and in general, were a productive, cathartic way to document what I was doing.  You can find my short lived blog at http://kristenbechtel.blogspot.com/?zx=ea8198f85af2622f.
You will see the Findings, Conclusions and Implications, and Final Reflection of my Action Research is embedded with reflection, which is a natural part of the process of research and next steps.