ABSTRACT

Reflective practice plays a significant role in effective teaching. However, for pre-service teachers (PSTs), it can be a difficult process to not only think reflectively but to understand its importance in their teaching practice. This research focused on the development of a framework for written reflective practice embedded within professional experience (PEx) units. In tutorials, PSTs were provided with video technology to film themselves performing teaching tasks. A reflective framework provided a structure to assist in reflecting on the teaching task. Dialogical teaching and coaching by tutors as well as peer discussion scaffolded the reflective process. At the end of the semester, PSTs and tutors were invited to complete a survey on the reflective processes they had used. This paper focuses on the development of the reflective framework and the feedback received on the use of the framework as a reflective tool. The findings reveal that the PSTs and most tutors found the format useful in structuring reflective practice. The framework and its repeated use over time has potential to build professional knowledge and skills and sustain ongoing reflective practice into the PSTs professional careers.

摘要

反思性练习在有效的教学中起着重要的作用。但是，对于职前教师而言，不仅要进行反思，而且要了解其在教学实践中的重要性，可能是一个困难的过程。这项研究的重点是开发嵌入专业经验（PEx）单元中的书面反思性实践的框架。在教程中，为PST提供了视频技术，可以拍摄自己执行的教学任务。反思框架提供了一种有助于反思教学任务的结构。导师的对话教学和辅导以及同伴讨论都在反思过程中发挥了重要作用。在学期末，邀请了PST和导师完成对他们所使用的反思过程的调查。本文着重于反思框架的开发以及使用该框架作为反思工具时收到的反馈。调查结果表明，PST和大多数教师发现该格式对于构建反思性实践很有用。该框架及其随着时间的重复使用可能会积累专业知识和技能，并在PST的职业生涯中保持持续的反思性实践。