Reflective Practice in Malaysian Teacher Education

Download or read book Reflective Practice in Malaysian Teacher Education written by Wai Heng Lee and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Malaysian student teachers practice reflection during their teaching practicum, how practice contexts influenced their practices and which aspects of professional knowledge were constructed from their reflective practices. It was found that there were two levels of reflective practices among student teachers. The public level consisted of reflections through existing mechanisms post conference discussions, post-lesson analyses and weekly journals. Reflections were very weak at this level. At the private level, student teachers reflected deeply upon their experiences. They examined their own teaching, their pupils, and their beliefs or values about teaching. However, these reflections were not documented. Reflections at this private level were rich and varied but they were not visible to the supervisors. Two significant findings are that student teachers reflective practices lacked an element of inquiry, and that reflective practices were carried out individual