Part 3: The final webcast provides an example application of PDCA and explores the benefits of using PDCA. Reflecting and responding to your reflections will directly affect your students as you change and adapt your teaching. Reflecting on your teaching will help you to understand how your students best learn and will allow you to be accountable for their progress.

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For example, in the classroom you may be teaching a topic which you can see the students are not understanding. You should plan to draw on your own strengths and the best practice of colleagues, which you then apply to your own teaching. Reflection-in-action is reflection during the ‘doing’ stage (that is, reflecting on the incident while it can still benefit the learning).The action plan might also outline the next steps needed to overcome any barriers, for example enrolling on a course or observing another colleague. Below are brief outlines of four of the most popular models arranged from easy to more advanced (tip: you can select any of the images to make them larger and easier to read).

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When you become more aware of your students’ preferences and strengths, learning becomes more tailored to their needs and so they are more curious and are equipped to explore more deeply. All these approaches are explained in the ‘Next steps’ section and provide a guide of how to carry out reflective practice, using the following. You will reteach and reassess the lessons you have taught, and this will allow students the chance to gain new skills and strengthen learning. This will develop your confidence in the classroom as you find the best ways to deliver your knowledge of a subject.

All of these models stress the importance of repeating the cycle to make sure knowledge is secure and progression is continued. It also allows for personalised learning as, rather than using preconceived ideas about what you should do in a particular situation, you decide what works best at that time for that unique experience and student. The Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship programme is growing and we are very pleased to have had our first apprentice pass the Professional Discussion and start the path to Chartership . You will take account of students’ various learning styles and individual needs, and plan new lessons based on these. By asking your students for their thoughts and feelings on the learning, they play an active part in the learning cycle.