Reflection is the essence of teaching and it promotes professional development. This research study examines the connection among the teachers' reflective teaching practices, teachers' reflective thinking attributes and their psyche. Quantitative and qualitative designs of research were used involving 19 teachers as informants of the study. The English teachers' reflective teaching practices, levels of reflective thinking, and their status were analyzed using quantitative method. Qualitative presentation was used to present the connection between practices and status, attributes and status, and practices and attributes. A cyclical theory was developed as a discovery of designing strategies and shaping good learners through effective classroom practices and careful reflection. Students' performance brings out positive results on the basis of teachers' reflection through their instructional techniques and understanding their students in general. Questionnaires were used and the focus group discussion was conducted to provide the researcher's additional insights to validate their responses in the questionnaires. Data from the respondents' FGD was analyzed through thematic analysis and coding which led this study to generate an emergent theory. Team teaching may provide teachers an avenue to experience variety of instructional materials that elicit students' active performance. Teachers may adapt varied classroom activities to understand their students' holistic outlook and a teaching observation may be conducted by the program head/department chair to provide insights into how teachers reflect before, during, and after they teach. are recommended. Gladys cyclical theory was generated based on the findings.

Authors:
Gladys Mangada, University of Eastern Philippines, Philippines

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Gladys Gayola- Mangada is a full-fledged professor and her teaching career st started back in 1988. Her general interests include teachers' pedagogical approaches and students' English proficiency. She also handles major courses in the graduate

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