Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Japan
This paper reports on the initial phase of a qualitative investigation into reflective journaling as a form of professional development (PD) involving EFL teachers at universities in Japan. The research questions were: (1) What shared/differing concerns or challenges are experienced by university EF...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Language Center of Islamic Institute of Uluwiyah, Mojokerto
2015-12-01
|
| Series: | Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://ejournal.kopertais4.or.id/mataraman/index.php/efi/article/view/947 |
| _version_ | 1811255091088326656 |
|---|---|
| author | Brent Allen Jones |
| author_facet | Brent Allen Jones |
| author_sort | Brent Allen Jones |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper reports on the initial phase of a qualitative investigation into reflective journaling as a form of professional development (PD) involving EFL teachers at universities in Japan. The research questions were: (1) What shared/differing concerns or challenges are experienced by university EFL teachers in Japan? (2) Is reflective journaling a viable form of professional development for EFL teachers in Japan? Preliminary analysis identified classroom management, questioning of one’s own perspectives/practices, and classroom community as shared concerns. Also, with appropriate support, reflective journaling appears to be a viable form of PD for in-service teachers of EFL in this context |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T17:18:37Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-2ef2e8089d2447eaa5a916884809f319 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2460-0938 2460-2604 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T17:18:37Z |
| publishDate | 2015-12-01 |
| publisher | Language Center of Islamic Institute of Uluwiyah, Mojokerto |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature |
| spelling | doaj.art-2ef2e8089d2447eaa5a916884809f3192022-12-22T03:23:32ZengLanguage Center of Islamic Institute of Uluwiyah, MojokertoIndonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature2460-09382460-26042015-12-011282100Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in JapanBrent Allen JonesThis paper reports on the initial phase of a qualitative investigation into reflective journaling as a form of professional development (PD) involving EFL teachers at universities in Japan. The research questions were: (1) What shared/differing concerns or challenges are experienced by university EFL teachers in Japan? (2) Is reflective journaling a viable form of professional development for EFL teachers in Japan? Preliminary analysis identified classroom management, questioning of one’s own perspectives/practices, and classroom community as shared concerns. Also, with appropriate support, reflective journaling appears to be a viable form of PD for in-service teachers of EFL in this contexthttp://ejournal.kopertais4.or.id/mataraman/index.php/efi/article/view/947JournalingReflectiveEFL Teachers |
| spellingShingle | Brent Allen Jones Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Japan Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature Journaling Reflective EFL Teachers |
| title | Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Japan |
| title_full | Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Japan |
| title_fullStr | Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Japan |
| title_short | Reflective Journaling for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Japan |
| title_sort | reflective journaling for english as a foreign language efl teachers in japan |
| topic | Journaling Reflective EFL Teachers |
| url | http://ejournal.kopertais4.or.id/mataraman/index.php/efi/article/view/947 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT brentallenjones reflectivejournalingforenglishasaforeignlanguageeflteachersinjapan |