Promoting the place of reflective practice in primary schools
Primary schools in England face challenges with teacher recruitment and retention, and reflective practice can help support individual wellbeing and reexamine valuable work within teaching. Schools can promote reflective practice by embedding it into their culture and protecting time for staff to reflect, which can lead to improved professional practice and reduced administrative burdens.
Primary schools in England face challenges with teacher recruitment and retention. Reflective practice can help support individual wellbeing and reexamine valuable work within teaching. Budgetary pressures and erosion of local authority services intensify demands on schools. Reflective practice is linked to professional identity and can influence self-efficacy and autonomy. Schools can promote reflective practice by embedding it into their culture. This can be done by protecting time for staff to reflect, such as designated slots in meetings or professional development sessions.
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