Ussher, William (Bill) Grant2012-03-202012-03-202011Ussher, B. (2011). Now what? First year student teachers' reflective journal writing. Waikato Journal of Education, 16(3), 95-110.1173-6135https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6117With 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.application/pdfen© 2011 Waikato Journal of Education. It is posted here by permission for personal use.reflective practiceinitial teacher educationjournal writingwriting sophisticationfeedbackJournal Article10.15663/wje.v16i3.33