A Critical Analysis of Reflection as a Goal for Teacher Education

Editorial

“…Sometimes the creative intelligence of the teacher is permitted to intervene to determine the situational appropriateness of employing particular teaching strategies and materials, but often it is not. (Zeichner 2008) We would like to suggest a teacher's comment on the TAI report card: 'Good start. Could do better'.…”

Refleksjon – hva er det, og hvilken betydning har den i utdanning til profesjonell lærerpraksis?

“…Han er stadig en advokat for refleksjon i laererutdanningen, men har i over 15 å r publisert relativt kritiske artikler omkring refleksjon i laereryrket og laererutdanningen (se for eksempel Zeichner, 2008;Zeichner & Liu, 2010).…”

Re-thinking Teacher Professional Development through Schön’s Reflective Practice and Situated Learning Lenses

“…For example, it can be traced back to the Socratic method of enquiry -in which questioning and exploration of the implications of another's viewpoint are employed to enlighten the enquirer. Reflection as a slogan for educational reform also signifies a recognition that no matter what we do in our teacher education programs and how well we do them, at best we can only prepare teachers to begin teaching (Zeichner, 2008). In addition, when embracing the concept of reflective teaching, there is often a commitment by teacher educators to help prospective teachers internalise during their initial training the dispositions and skills to learn from their teaching experience and become better at it throughout their teaching careers.…”