When something goes wrong in our lives, our reaction should be to set a moment aside
to think about why it happened, if we could have done something to prevent it, and how it
might affect our future. These experiences usually make us grow. Hopefully, we will be better
prepared to face the situation if it happened again. However, this is not always the case. This
introspection is commonly called “reflection”, and professionals have adopted it in order to
improve their practice. For educators reflection involves “critical thinking” about past
experiences or current experiences that occur or are occurring in classroom settings.