Doing a Jigsaw Without the Picture

Abstract

This paper is one teacher's account of an attempt to confront his own professional concerns through a process of critical reflection and classroom-based self-evaluation. The writer examines his own motives, as well as the pedagogical issues he faces teaching English to a low-ability class. The account chronicles the writer's exploration of these issues through an experimental all day workshop on Romeo and Juliet, and concludes with some insights Into the process of curriculum change and the culture of the Institutions within which it takes place. © 1995, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.