Case Analysis on Self Reflection of Prospective Special Educator for Professional Excellence

Self-reflection is a process of examining our thoughts, emotions, attitudes, skill and the way we act in a particular situation. It leverages our own career paths and identify our unique skills to excel in our profession. This study aims to find out the importance of self-reflection in shaping the teaching skills among prospective special educators. The study employs interview and focused group discussion to a sample of 15 prospective special educators. The interview schedule will be employed to the selected samples. The special educators demonstrated that self-reflection strategies helped them to identify their unique set of skill required to perform teaching skills. The study highlighted the importance of self- reflection to analyze, identify, and enhance their teaching skills to provide better learning experiences. The study implied the need for such self-reflection training programmes to the prospective special educators to equip them to teach students with special needs effectively.