Research Article

Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect?

Volume: 18 December 31, 2019
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Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect?

Abstract

It has been suggested that if student teachers formally reflect on teaching dilemmas they confront, it may be possible for them to uncover new understandings of the teaching and learning process. The starting point of this study is to help student teachers be aware of their own conflicts in teaching English and talk about them explicitly, which is thought to lead them to make theory-informed evaluation of their ways of thinking and to stimulate the habit of reflective inquiry. Employing the qualitative approach, this paper outlines and interprets how student teachers in a practicum course in Turkey reflected on their teaching dilemmas just after they completed their teaching practice in their practice schools. The dilemmas student teachers reflected on were on three dimensions of a lesson: planning, managing, and conducting the lesson. The interpretations included conflicting thoughts, values, or expectations of student teachers throughout the teaching process as a whole; and the issues that guided them in deciding on their courses of action.   

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Language Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

July 31, 2019

Acceptance Date

December 10, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 18

APA
Çimen, Ş. S., & Kömür, Ş. (2019). Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect? Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 18, 168-177. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.599356
AMA
1.Çimen ŞS, Kömür Ş. Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect? GAUN-JSS. 2019;18:168-177. doi:10.21547/jss.599356
Chicago
Çimen, Şeyda Selen, and Şevki Kömür. 2019. “Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect?”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 18 (December): 168-77. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.599356.
EndNote
Çimen ŞS, Kömür Ş (December 1, 2019) Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect? Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 18 168–177.
IEEE
[1]Ş. S. Çimen and Ş. Kömür, “Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect?”, GAUN-JSS, vol. 18, pp. 168–177, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.21547/jss.599356.
ISNAD
Çimen, Şeyda Selen - Kömür, Şevki. “Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect?”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 18 (December 1, 2019): 168-177. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.599356.
JAMA
1.Çimen ŞS, Kömür Ş. Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect? GAUN-JSS. 2019;18:168–177.
MLA
Çimen, Şeyda Selen, and Şevki Kömür. “Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect?”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 18, Dec. 2019, pp. 168-77, doi:10.21547/jss.599356.
Vancouver
1.Şeyda Selen Çimen, Şevki Kömür. Dilemma Situations in Teaching Practice: What Do Student Teachers Reflect? GAUN-JSS. 2019 Dec. 1;18:168-77. doi:10.21547/jss.599356