The Reflective Teacher

The Reflective Teacher describes the action research undertaken by teachers at the Azim Premji School in Dineshpur, Uttarakhand, to take a fresh look at their teaching practices, examining and identifying specific problems that they faced, and addressing many of these problems. Consisting of teachers documentation of their action research, classroom observations and facilitators' notes, the book also analyses case studies against the backdrop of the research of pioneers such as John Dewey and Donald Schon. The work presented here can enable the emergence of the reflective practitioner in teachers and empower them to channelise this reflection into action by continuously re-examining their own teaching practices.

Neeraja Raghavan is former Professor, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.