TESL Ontario’s Magazine for Language Teachers

Nurturing Reflection and Networking: The Reflective Teaching Journal

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Abstract
Teaching is said to be “the profession that eats its young” (Halford, 1998, p. 34). Unfortunately, this is often the reality and norm associated with many performance-based careers today. Experienced teachers would agree that performance in the classroom begins the very moment you step in front of a classroom full of students. Those teachers, who…