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Title: | The hall of mirrors : reflecting on pre-service teachers’ reflections |
Authors: | Spiteri, Doreen |
Keywords: | Student teaching -- Malta -- Evaluation Practicums -- Malta Student teachers -- Malta -- Attitudes Education -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Malta Reflective teaching -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2024 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Citation: | Spiteri, D. (2024). The hall of mirrors: reflecting on pre-service teachers’ reflections. Teachers and Teaching, doi: 10.1080/13540602.2024.2320147 |
Abstract: | Undoubtedly, a focal point of teacher education courses is the practicum, and during this phase, reflection on practice is often a key component. Pre-service teachers are invariably asked to maintain a journal in which they reflect on their daily practice in schools. Many have pointed to the complexity of engaging effectively in this process and to the support pre-service teachers need to carry this out with profit. There is a danger of reflection becoming a perfunctory activity carried out mainly as a course requisite and not truly as a process of self-understanding and learning. This exploratory study focused on the daily journals kept by three preservice teachers and analysed the content in a bid to explore how they carried out this task, and to look for signs that the process of reflection has achieved its purpose. Using NVIVO together with a close reading of the journals, the findings show that evaluation and analysis feature prominently, followed by action plans, however, the pre-service teachers do not express feelings often. A closer analysis of the journal entries suggests also that the pre-service teachers need induction into using reflective models together with support and discussions to achieve a more structured process of reflection. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123472 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduLHE |
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