Literature Review on Self-Reflection and Professional Development Plan

Self-reflection and professional growth planning are two methods in which educators and administrators work together to identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Professional learning becomes a systematic activity in educator’s everyday actions in the classroom/school environment and is related to student learning. It is a critical component of an educator’s growth and evaluation process. It establishes a unique continuity of professional growth (Airason & Gullickson, 2006; Tucker, Stronge, & Gareis, 2002). Educators and administrators must develop a professional development plan that meets specific and unique learning requirements by conducting an honest and transparent review of existing practice.

Self-Reflection

Self-reflection improves the ability to implement practical adjustments that improve instruction and service delivery when teachers and other professionals use documented evidence to determine what worked, what didn’t work, and what types of changes they need to make to become more effective[2].

Professional Growth Planning

Guiding questions for developing the individualised Professional Growth Plan:

• Based on available evidence, what should I need to change about my practices positively impacting student learning?
• What improvement(s) to my instructional design process and/or classroom practise, based on educational research will have the greatest impact on the targeted learning needs?
• What do I need to learn to generate a meaningful and practical design for professional growth?
• What course of action will best meet my professional learning requirements?
• How will I know if/when I’ve met my objective? What milestones will serve as indicators of progress along the way?

The certified evaluation plan (CEP) provides specific guidance and requirements when self-reflection and professional growth planning are included in a local district’s personnel evaluation system. The certified evaluation plan (CEP) provides specific guidance and requirements.

A dissertation literature review contributes 40 percent of weight. Hence, more effort should be taken to collect exhaustive, up-to-date literature published from various countries or conducted among different ethnic groups.

Literature review process

A road map or blueprint is required for the researcher to conduct a literature review to stay on track and not diverge from the topic. Thus, the process of literature review involves the following steps:

• Reviewing topic selection.
• Searching the literature for references.
• Collecting, interpreting, and analysing the literature.
• Review writing.
• (Kofi, 2020)

At Tutors India, we assist in developing an exhaustive literature review from various academic sources, including journals, textbooks, and newspaper articles and develop a research framework / conceptual framework, hypothesis, and questionnaire with appropriate sources that match your research work.