Which role of a teacher involves analyzing their own teaching practices,…

Reflective practice (Donald Schön's concept of the "reflective practitioner") describes a teacher's professional role of systematically examining their own classroom actions, questioning assumptions, and adjusting methods based on that examination, rather than simply repeating routine practice without inspection. This continuous self-analysis and experimentation is the defining feature that separates a reflective professional from other teacher roles centred on assessing, demonstrating, or emotionally supporting students.

The stem's three behaviours — analyzing one's own teaching practices, experimenting with new methods, and continuously improving professional skills — are precisely the hallmarks of reflective practice, so the role being described is "Teacher as a reflective professional".

• Teacher as an evaluator: centres on judging and grading students' performance against set criteria, not on the teacher examining their own methods.

• Teacher as a model: centres on demonstrating desired behaviours or skills for students to observe and imitate, not on internal self-analysis.

• Teacher as a counselor: centres on listening to and supporting students' emotional, social, and personal well-being, not on refining one's own teaching methods.

Because only the reflective-professional role matches self-directed analysis, experimentation, and continuous improvement of one's own practice, "Teacher as a reflective professional" is the role described.