So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences
This paper discusses and examines the effectiveness of course assignments designed to promote reflection processes and critical thinking of pre-service teachers. Specifically, the study explores and identifies the range of students’ level of reflectivity and critical examination of their own develop...
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description | This paper discusses and examines the effectiveness of course assignments designed to promote reflection processes and critical thinking of pre-service teachers. Specifically, the study explores and identifies the range of students’ level of reflectivity and critical examination of their own developing pedagogy, with foci on content knowledge, dispositions and teaching skills. In general, initial findings indicate students’ levels of reflectivity ranged from “self” to “outside of self” to “beyond self” concerns or focus. Analysis further revealed that the students’ existing epistemological beliefs possibly mediate their level of reflectivity by either inhibiting the reflective process (most evident with those focused on task, grade, time, procedures and some performance concerns), or supported the reflective thinking flow (most evident through focus on interest, identity, expectations, relevancy, development, personal and student impact concerns). |
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spelling | doaj.art-9962ab02a4c54500bdeb574de3abdfa32022-12-22T03:20:47ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityInternational Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1931-47442014-07-018210.20429/ijsotl.2014.080218So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field ExperiencesDenise McDonaldMichele KahnThis paper discusses and examines the effectiveness of course assignments designed to promote reflection processes and critical thinking of pre-service teachers. Specifically, the study explores and identifies the range of students’ level of reflectivity and critical examination of their own developing pedagogy, with foci on content knowledge, dispositions and teaching skills. In general, initial findings indicate students’ levels of reflectivity ranged from “self” to “outside of self” to “beyond self” concerns or focus. Analysis further revealed that the students’ existing epistemological beliefs possibly mediate their level of reflectivity by either inhibiting the reflective process (most evident with those focused on task, grade, time, procedures and some performance concerns), or supported the reflective thinking flow (most evident through focus on interest, identity, expectations, relevancy, development, personal and student impact concerns).https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol8/iss2/18reflection processcritical thinkingteaching readinessself awareness |
spellingShingle | Denise McDonald Michele Kahn So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning reflection process critical thinking teaching readiness self awareness |
title | So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences |
title_full | So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences |
title_fullStr | So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences |
title_full_unstemmed | So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences |
title_short | So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences |
title_sort | so you think you can teach reflection processes that support pre service teachers readiness for field experiences |
topic | reflection process critical thinking teaching readiness self awareness |
url | https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol8/iss2/18 |
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