MANIFESTATION OF THE REFLECTIVE PRACTICE CONCEPT IN STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHER EDUCATION

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loreta Zavadskienė ◽  
Remigijus Bubnys
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Student Centered

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN THE CONTEXT OF STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHER EDUCATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigijus Bubnys ◽  
Loreta Zavadskienė
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Practicing Teachers ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Pre Service Teacher Education ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Being one of the most popular theories of professional knowledge in the last 30 years, reflective practice has been widely adopted not only by practicing teachers in their working environment, but in pre-service teacher education as well. Meeting the need to respond to the challenges posed by the society nowadays, higher education is undergoing radical changes calling for the proper implementation of student-centered studies. In the context of such a paradigm shift there is a strong urge for the concept of reflective practice to be examined more carefully so that it could be put into effect in the studies of higher education. The paper seeks to respond to this problem by offering an in-depth analysis of the attributes characteristic of the concept of reflective practice in the paradigm shift. Based on the thorough review of scientific works dealing with the concept of reflective practice in teacher education, the current study reports on the insights regarding the development of this concept for reflective practice to be successfully applied in the process of teacher education.  

scholarly journals Transforming Teaching and Learning for Quality Teacher Education in Ghana: Perspectives from Selected Teacher Trainees and Stakeholders in Teacher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Kwabena Ntim
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Education In Ghana

This survey measured the perspectives of teacher trainees, classrooms teachers and stakeholders in teacher education regarding factors that could enhance teaching and quality teacher education in Ghana. Findings from the survey indicate that teachers’ content knowledge was considered appreciable, but more emphasis needed to be paid to cultivating critical and inquiry skills among Ghanaian teachers. Additionally, efforts were to be made in teacher education towards a more constructivists approach to teaching, with focus on student-centered teaching and attention to student diversity, as well as enhancing teacher professional development, especially in the area of academic research. Implications for policy and practice suggested among others, are that teacher education in Ghana needs a more professional development that is both data-based and standard driven, as well as collaboratively developed, as criteria to assess teacher quality and possible certification.

Building Collaborative Virtual Communities in a University Department of Early Childhood Education for Wikipedia Article Authoring

2014 ◽  
pp. 23-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Prentzas ◽  
Galini Rekalidou
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
University Department

Collaborative and student-centered learning are endorsed by modern educational approaches and (to a certain degree) are applied to educational environments. Early childhood education puts emphasis on such issues. Wiki environments provide the infrastructure for supporting collaborative learning and student-centered learning tasks. Consequently, wiki activities are gradually becoming part of teacher education curriculum. This chapter discusses issues regarding the incorporation of wikis in teacher education curriculum. The most recent corresponding approaches are categorized according to different views, and the most important findings are discussed. An approach aiming to create collaborative virtual communities for Wikipedia article authoring is also presented. The approach has been applied to a university department of early childhood education. To support communication among participants, face-to-face, e-mail communication, and tools encompassed in an open source Learning Management System were employed. Preliminary results are presented showing a positive response of the pre-service early childhood teachers. Lastly, conclusions and future research directions are outlined.

Preparing Pre-Service Candidates as Effective Reflective Practitioners Using edTPA

2018 ◽  
pp. 205-217
Author(s):  
Sumitra Himangshu-Pennybacker ◽  
David P. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
New Teachers ◽  
Reflective Practitioner ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Teacher Education Candidates ◽  
Reflective Practitioners ◽  
Based Instruction

Proponents of teacher education preparation advocate that in order for new teachers to be effective in their practice they must acquire skills as reflective practitioners, specifically as it relates to lesson designing and instruction and understanding individual student needs. This study demonstrates the use of edTPA reflective commentary to move teacher education candidates from a superficial professional reflection to becoming a reflective practitioner with an in-depth understanding of reflective practice and evidence-based instruction.

Mentoring Reflective Practice in Inservice Teacher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 89-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronnie Davey ◽  
Vince Ham ◽  
Mel Stopford ◽  
Susan Calender ◽  
Jocelyn Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Inservice Teacher ◽  
Inservice Teacher Education
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