14: Pause, Reflect, and Share
“Reflection is looking back so that the view looking forward is even clearer.” One of my passions outside of teaching is photography. There’s something special about looking through a camera lens and preserving an image of a beautiful scene or a special moment on film. One of the reasons why I enjoy it is because it allows me to pause and see the world from a different perspective. Some of my favorite photographs from my trip to Hokkaido during our Autumn break In inquiry-based learning, reflection is an important step which allows the learner to deepen the learning process. It lets the learner pause and revisit the new knowledge, skills, or concepts that he/she has acquired throughout the unit. It’s similar to looking at a photo and remembering the moment when the image took place — but in this case, you look back on what you have learned. Just like a camera lens, the process of reflection also allows us to refocus and recalibrate our thinking, and identify how we will move forw