Reflective practitioners seek to solve problems through an ethic inquiry about practical situations.
We ask preservice teachers to reflect informally and formally while they are engaged in diverse practical situations within the teacher education program and beyond. Throughout our teacher education program, pre-service teachers are encouraged to examine and interpret their attitudes and beliefs about teaching and learning in disciplined ways. We believe that such reflective inquiry is the wellspring of responsible and deliberate teaching and learning in practice. A reflective practitioner, as indicated in the shaded area of Figure 1, continually builds and examines knowledge about learners, the content of schooling, and the contexts in which teaching and learning occur and simultaneously renews teaching practice. National Center for Research on Teacher Education.