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