Now what? First year student teachers' reflective journal writing.
Citation
Export citationUssher, B. (2011). Now what? First year student teachers' reflective journal writing. Waikato Journal of Education, 16(3), 95-110.
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Abstract
With the increasing focus for New Zealand teachers on reflective practice, initial teacher educators must take increasing responsibility in scaffolding students' critical writing, developing reflection skills for working in schools, the teacher registration process and ongoing professional learning. This article reports a study of journal writing practices of a sample of student teachers in their first year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Waikato. Of particular interest in the findings are the sophistication of the students' writing, choice of topic for each entry and the impact of feedback and support provided.
Date
2011Type
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Faculty of Education, University of Waikato
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