At the moment, I’m learning how to write a reflective journal, it’s all new to me but something I had to realise quickly was that it doesn’t need to be perfect. In fact, aiming for perfection is the enemy of a good reflection. No one will see it or read it (unless you decide to share it, like me!) so scribble words or whole ideas out, and rewrite them, or write something that you won’t agree with the next day. Make spelling mistakes or have scratchy incomprehensible handwriting, no one cares. It’s your journal, your space to reflect, and the words you write are the only things that matter.

If you’re looking for a journal where you can make your own mistakes, take a look at my book “A Reflection Journal For Teachers” on my website. I’m going to be sharing some of my reflections and some from special guests too, so keep an eye out for those here and on my blog.

Lots of prompts are found in A Reflection Journal For Teachers – available as a pdf or in print at taylormadeenglish.com/reflect.

Share your own reflections with your wider teaching community by sending them to me. Email me at t.made.english@gmail.com and I’ll share your responses to the prompts in this book.

Stay in touch with this reflection project at the places below:

theteacherjames.com
substack.com/@theteacherjames
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linkedin.com/in/theteacherjames
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