ERIC Number: EJ1051513
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Oct
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
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Exploring Reflective Teaching through Informed Journal Keeping and Blog Group Discussion in the Teaching Practicum (Exploración de la enseñanza reflexiva en la práctica docente a través de la escritura informada de diarios y de discusiones grupales mediante "blogs")
Insuasty, Edgar Alirio; Zambrano Castillo, Lilian Cecilia
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v12 n2 p87-105 Oct 2010
This article reports the findings of a study which examined how student teachers could be empowered as more reflective practitioners through journal keeping and blog group discussions. It was carried out with six student teachers who developed their practicum over six months. Data were collected through journals, blogs, metaphors, conferences and a questionnaire. The results demonstrated that student teachers enriched their perceptions about what reflective teaching implied. Furthermore, journal keeping was approached as an informed process by virtue of which student-teachers could go beyond the descriptive documentation of what happened in their classes. Their journal entries also revealed reflective references, most of which were mainly focused on evaluating teach ing, diagnosing and solving problems.
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Student Journals, Group Discussion, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Student Teachers, Questionnaires, Student Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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