Abstract

GONZALEZ MARIN, CLARA INÉS; MARIN PALACIO, NATHALIA  and  CARO GUTIERREZ, MIGUEL ANTONIO. The Role of Reflection in Pedagogical Practice: Perceptions of Language Teachers in Training. Cuad. linguist. hisp. [online]. 2018, n.32, pp.217-235. ISSN 0121-053X.

The purpose of this case study was to understand the perceptions of students of an English teaching program in the face of the role of reflection in their educational practices and to investigate the structure of reflection, including the aspects that practitioners most commonly understood when they reflected. For this purpose, nine practicing students were selected, who were analyzed reflective essays, reflections made after class and participation in a virtual questionnaire. The results showed that the practicing students perceived the reflection as a fundamental and indispensable element to find solutions to negative aspects of their classes. Although the practitioners pointed out as one of their motivations to reflect the fact of being a mandatory exercise in the subject, they also recognized the importance of it as an overriding element for their professional teaching development. The most common scheme followed by students in their reflections was the description of class events as a preliminary step to reflection. In conclusion, it was established that the students are still at a basic level of reflection, which prompted the practice program to work more on this component.

Keywords : reflection; practitioners; professional development; teaching.

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