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Encouraging the reflection process in undergraduate teachers using guided reflection

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posted on 2008-03-01, 00:00 authored by Andrea NolanAndrea Nolan
This article reports on the findings of a study conducted with a group of early childhood education undergraduate students from the second year of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education course offered at the University of Melbourne. The study trialled a number of guided reflection techniques that acted to stimulate and provide a structure for reflection. These techniques were further supplemented by focus group discussions based on reflective principles, in the hope of fully engaging the students in the reflective process over the course of a year. All techniques were designed to assist the student teachers in becoming aware of the current philosophy they hold in relation to teaching and learning, and also in understanding how this has been shaped by past experiences, beliefs and knowledge. The effectiveness of the guided reflection techniques was evaluated by the participants at the end of the project. The surveys showed that three of the techniques were particularly successful. Student perceptions as to the success of the process are reported in the article.

History

Journal

Australian journal of early childhood

Volume

33

Issue

1

Pagination

31 - 36

Publisher

Early Childhood Australia Inc

Location

Deakin, A.C.T.

ISSN

0312-5033

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2008, Early Childhood Australia