Teach, Reflect, Learn: Building Your Capacity for Success in the Classroom

“It’s not the doing that matters; it’s the thinking about the doing,” said John Dewey.

As a teacher, you work hard to make a positive difference in the lives of your students. But this kind of progress doesn’t happen overnight, and it doesn’t happen accidentally. It’s the result of intentionality, planning, effort . . . and thought.

The difference between learning a skill and being able to implement it effectively resides in your capacity to engage in deep, continuous thought about that sk...